IIM Lucknow Personal Interview Experiences

Note: This page will be updated regularly as and when we receive IIM Lucknow Personal Interview Experiences directly from students and trusted sources Preparing for CAT? It is the exam to get admission into any of the IIMs. Also, the CAT exam is considered the toughest of all exams. After the exams, it is equally important to prepare for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. In this article, you will know more about the IIM Lucknow real PI experience shared by candidates. IIM-L Interview Experience 1 WAT AssessmentHigher pay- is it a solution to corruption? There were 8 candidates in the group exercise. 15 minutes were allotted to the candidates for testing their respective written ability skills. I wrote about the pros and cons of higher pay directly leading to the change in mindset of money-hungry people. Talked about the scams by people receiving a fat pay check, like Rajat Gupta the first Indian CEO of a Multinational firm, MCKINSEY. He was indicted for insider trading when he was finance director of GOLDMAN SACHS. I also, highlighted various aspects of ethics, which should be taught, starting right from childhood. I talked about various scams that have earlier taken place in India like the 2G scam, chopper scam, and CWG scam and stated how demonic is the stature of these crimes due to the big names linked to it. I also added the point how India is a corruption driven country, and what are the necessary steps required to provide a solution to the problems. I also gave examples of the ways the problem of corruption can be curbed in the country. i mentioned about Jan Lokpal Bill, and the initiative taken for transparent governance, which might turn out to be one of the most important steps. Personal Interview:The interview lasted for about 15-20 minutes. There were 2 panelists, a Lady of around 40 years and a Sir of around 55-60 years. Panel 1: Tell me something about yourself.Candidate: I told them about my schooling, the place where I was born and brought up, recalling my journey from a small town of Midnapore to Jadavpur and how topping there gave me self-confidence and self-belief. I also mentioned how my internship at Ericsson as a consultant gave me the required push towards management, and told them my hobbies and interests. Panelist 2: What principles of Arya Samaj did you learn in DAV – will it help you in management?Candidate: I was quite awestruck, but I cogitated and gave the answer. I told them I learnt perseverance, ethics, and integrity, which would help me more in handling a good business rather than being only successful. I told them how we were made to perform ‘havans’ and yoga in our extra period in school, and how they help me concentrate and focus better on the work that’s in hand. Panelist 2: (Seemed satisfied, but then asked) Can you tell me the name of a company that works with absolute ethics?Candidate: Was caught absolutely off guard! I told them about TATA, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and the way Bill Gates invested most of his income in philanthropic activities. But my biggest mistake was to take the name of Reliance. (Beware guys, do not tell anything which is not under the purview of your knowledge or understanding!!) Panelist 2: Haha!! Did you just say Reliance? My boy, you need to do some homework!!! The baton was then taken by the Female Professor, who was a little scary!! Panelist 1: Okay X, you have done secondary market research. Can you tell me what this secondary market research is?Candidate: I explained that basically when you do a market study of the paper and information collated by a huge market research or consultancy firm like Gartner, PWC, Deloitte, etc., then that is called secondary market research. Panelist 1: (Was pretty satisfied.) Then asked me what I had done in the project?Candidate: I told them about my research areas, which were basically the upcoming technologies related to the Internet of Things, like cognitive computing, mobile financial services, automation of vehicles, future networks, etc. Panelist 1: Can you tell me a real scenario where you could apply IoT?Candidate: This was the best phase of my interview (smile)!! I started by telling them that I have a startup idea based on the Internet of Things, which I would like to share with them. (Interviewers got excited!!)Sir, I have got a business idea in line with OLA and Uber cabs. Sir/ma’am, we can connect sensors to our electrical lines. We would provide mobile phones to the electricians in a neighborhood and connect the sensors to the respective mobile phones. Whenever there is a fault in the electrical line, the nearest electrician would be notified of the problem. By GPS, the nearest mobile phone will be connected, and he can come and fix the problem. In this way, we can have things connected, like the electrical line to the net, and can bring it under the purview of the Internet. Panelist 1: (Seemed satisfied!!) Again, the male professor interjected and started asking questions. Panelist 1: Asked questions on probability distributions that I had studied in my engineering.Candidate: I told them about normal, Poisson, and Gaussian distributions. (Was expecting cross-questions and got extremely tense as I am not a stats guy.) Panelist 1: What is the basic difference between Poisson and binomial distributions?Candidate: I explained with examples, but he was not satisfied. The next question that was asked to me was quite shocking and a little funny. Panelist 1: Have you ever visited a saree shop with your mother? Do you know which is the most famous saree available in the Midnapore district?Candidate: Completely surprised!!! What sir? I don’t, sir, absolutely no idea! Panelist 1: You would become a manager one day, but to be a good one, you have to be aware of your surroundings. The place where you stay – what is it famous for? Which handicraft industry is famous in the Midnapore district?Candidate: I said terracotta, and how the idols and utensils made of terracotta are very famous. Panelist 1: (Not really satisfied.) Asked Panelist 2 if she had any questions? Panelist 2: (Said no.) Then both of them said thank you and asked me to leave. I thanked them and took a breath of relief as my most difficult interview finally got over. Verdict: Converted! IIM-L Interview Experience 2 Date: 19.2.2021 3:00 PMProfile:10th/12th/grad (GEM): 95/95.4/85.718-month work ex @ EXLP1 & P2 – Both male around 30-40 years oldStarted at 3:30PM P1: How are you?(Greeted both the panelists) P1: Show me your ID card.(Shown the Aadhaar) P1: Your username is “Suyash Mishra 4yr Ceramic Engineering”! Good, we won’t be asking anything from your B.Tech then. (Lol moment…I just smiled) P1: You are working, right? Are you on leave today or working? Did we disturb you? P1: What other calls do you have?(Replied ABCLKI) P2: Is this your first interview?(I replied Yes) P1: It’s great then. P1: I see you are creative and have various achievements. With this stellar profile, you can get into any consulting firm. What’s the purpose of doing an MBA?(Told them, but was interrupted after 3-4 sentences) P1: That’s okay. Didn’t you have clarity of career goals prior to choosing Ceramic Engineering?(Told, was interrupted again) P2: You said you explored things in your first half of graduation. How did you choose MBA?(Told but interrupted again. A few cross-questions on my internship at EY – answered) P1: How did you prepare for the interview? What do you expect us to ask you in this interview?(I told I read about past PI experiences and I expected a few clichéd questions like “tell me about yourself, MBA purpose, etc.”) P2: What did you prepare?(I said personal questions, work experience, and a few current affairs questions) P1: Tell me about the Binomial distribution.(Told) P1: Did you expect this question?(Said no, but I prepared for it) P1: Name your clients and what work you do for them.(Told I cannot disclose the names and was about to describe my work, but he interrupted) P2: We read it in your form what you do. Save it. Just name a few other organizations in the same category as your client.(Told) P1: You seem to be a gym-goer. Tell me, what’s the motivation?(Interesting exchange) P2: You have leadership experience. Do you plan to spread gym culture at IIM Lucknow?(Didn’t expect this…lol) P1: Why don’t you start a gym?(I was like…what?! Handled it …pheww) P1: Okay, I’m done. (And he walked away) P2: Tell me one thing you like about BHU.(Told) P2: What do you dislike? Is politics involved in every IIT? P2: You can easily get into EY.(Told and justified my stance for MBA again) P2: Okay, that’s it from me.(I said, “Can I have a question moment?” and then smiled) P2: Yeah…sure. No one was asking anything today, so I didn’t bother you. Here they said that will be all.All the best to you. (Extremely chill interview … no acads …nothing substantial from work ex…. just casual conversation… I don’t what happened there)Duration: ~15 mins IIM-L Interview Experience 3 Venue: IIM Lucknow Campus, NoidaProfile:10th: 95%12th: 91.8%Graduation: B.E Mechanical (Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh) – 85.7%Work Experience:10 months – Alstom India Pvt ltd. (7/17–4/18)2 years -. ZS Associates India (5/18- 5/20) WAT TopicGreed is good… (Time limit: 20 mins)I wrote about how historically greed has been an initiator of change. How greed is the cause of competition and the need to be innovative and evolving. Though I maintained the fact that greed has always had negative consequences. Ended with mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s quote “There is enough for everyone’s need but not for anyone’s greed”. Personal Interview Experience2 panelists I greeted the panelists, and they asked me to sit down. Interviewer 1: Show me your 10th, 12th, and graduation mark sheets.(He looked through my personal data form.) Interviewer 1: Looks at my form and asks "Sharma Ji, aap bhi Punjab se ho!" (Because of my graduation in Chandigarh.) Me: (Smiling inside for the positive start of the interview but trying not to get carried away)"No sir, I am from Himachal Pradesh. I studied in Chandigarh from 2013 to 2017." Interviewer 1: Looking at my pre-interview form."You have mentioned your current work experience at ZS Associates. Tell me about it." Me: Told them about how I am currently working on sales and marketing projects for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. I mentioned my current project, which had an estimated budget of $3 million for a marketing campaign that involved segmentation.(Interviewer 2 was looking at me with a poker face.) Interviewer 1: Curiously "So, how does the pharma market work?" Me: I explained the patient cycle and the process of availing drugs after an HCP writes a prescription, including the claims process. I had some understanding of the US market and could answer properly. Interviewer 1: Asked me about the metrics to be used and the matrix of qualitative and quantitative fields. Me: Answered. (They cross-questioned me, but most of them were clarifications related to the market.) Interviewer 2: (Still had a poker face on. He gets up and starts to walk out. I keep calm and focus on the conversation ahead.) Interviewer 1: With a satisfied look on his face "Ye sab toh theek hai, but koi leadership role ka experience hai?" Me: I had a long list of experiences for this. I mentioned my leadership role in the LMRC metro project, where I led a team of 30 operators to carry out production activities for international metro projects. I explained how I managed the workforce with diligence (leave management, daily activity tracker, 5S, Lean, etc.) despite production pressure to deliver cars for the UP state elections. Interviewer 1: Asked me detailed questions about my work. Me: Answered a few but ensured I highlighted my experiences. (Interviewer 2 comes back and sits again. Still no questions or comments from him.) Interviewer 1: Seemed satisfied with the answers and started a casual conversation."Online series dekhte ho?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 1: "Kahaan dekhte ho?" Me: "I have Hotstar and Netflix subscriptions." Interviewer 1: "Tum to Ameer ho!" (He was having chai-biscuit and it felt more like a chai-sutta conversation I’d have with my colleagues.) Me: "No sir, it’s feasible when you share the subscription." I also explained how Netflix has various plans and price brackets. Interviewer 1: "Calculate the cost per person for these plans." Me: Answered correctly. Interviewer 2: Finally gives in and starts asking questions."Okay, tell me whether correlation is causation." Me: Answered. I had discussed this with my flatmates one day, so I could explain in detail. I also used Regression as an example to explain the difference and how it establishes a mathematical relationship between variables. Interviewer 2: "Draw the graph of correlation R = -1." Me: Took a pad and drew the graph. (He looked at it and gave no reaction.) Interviewer 2: Starts a casual conversation. "Do you see stand-up comedy?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 2: "Do you know Kunal Kamra?" (I had seen his new stand-up two days back and had posted a John Lennon quote on my Instagram story.) Me: Discussed how Kunal Kamra uses comedy for political satire. I also mentioned the post and explained how humor acts as a means of expression, making the system uncomfortable and helpless, as it’s something they cannot easily counter. Interviewer 2: (Shook his head in affirmation and added additional details on the topic.) Me: (Nodded till he was done.) (He leaned back and looked at the old professor.) Interviewer 1: Goes through my profile and asks about the revenue of the companies I’ve worked for and my extra-curricular activities.(I mentioned being part of my university’s cricket team and dance club.) Interviewer 1: "Why didn’t you join the army? You mentioned you got through NDA SSB and were in the merit list." Me: Told him about my need to explore on my own and how I felt engineering was a better option for me at the time. (Spoke honestly about my choice, even though it wasn’t the best one.)(No reaction.) Interviewer 1: "Okay, I think we are done." Me: Got up and thanked them."Thank you, sirs. Have a nice day." IIM-L Interview Experience 4 Profile: Class 10 – 93Class 12 – 95CGPA – 6.9Interview: 1 Interviewer Interviewer: A very good morning. How are you? Me: Sir, a very good morning to you too. I am great and excited to participate in the interview. Interviewer: Well, great. May you introduce yourself? Me: I am ABC XYZ. I have completed my 10th standard in the year 2014 and my 12th standard in the year 2016 from PQR. In the year 2019, I completed my graduation from STP. I have worked as an SME at EHT for a period of N months. During the year 2020–2021, I was involved with QWE club as a core member, engaging in multiple activities of the club. Interviewer: You come from a good college. So, I hope you are through with all the Physics concepts. Can you tell me about the third law of thermodynamics? Me: Sir, thermodynamics talks about entropy. It states that the change in entropy is equal to the amount of heat transferred divided by the temperature of the system. Moreover, the entropy of the universe is increasing. Interviewer: So, do you really think that the entropy of the universe changes? Me: Yes, sir. The entropy of the universe increases indeed, and nothing has been found out which can disprove this theory. Interviewer: What do you mean by the change of entropy in layman’s terms? Me: To some extent, an increase in entropy can be correlated with an increase in disorder of the system. The more the entropy, the less orderly or more chaotic the system becomes. Interviewer: Well, tell me something. You know that we humans originate from monkeys. You must have observed monkeys. They jump up and down all the time. It can be said that they are in a state of high disorder. Whereas we humans are much calmer and are not as outrageous in our ways as the monkeys. But we developed from these monkeys. How does the second law of thermodynamics hold in this case? Me: Sir, as I have said earlier, it is the entropy of the entire universe that is on the increase as per the second law, not the individual components of the universe. Moreover, the disorder of an entity cannot be revealed through its physical activities alone. Interviewer: Still, can you give an explanation for this? Me: Well, even if we consider this, I can give you an alternate explanation. Monkeys may seem to be in a state of disorder as they keep springing and leaping from here to there, but their explorations are mostly restricted to a specific area, like a forest or a park. On the other hand, humans travel more. A person, on a daily basis, travels to multiple places, which are often far away from home. A person may travel to a different continent altogether, whether for holidays or business purposes. In this regard, a human might live in a more disorderly fashion than a monkey. This again is in tune with the second law. Interviewer: That seems fair. Well thought of. With this, we come to the end of the interview. All the best for the coming days. Me: Thank you very much, sir, for giving me this fantastic opportunity to sit for the interview. I hope I have given apt answers to your questions. Interviewer: You may leave. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 5 Profile: 95, 93.4, 9.16 (CAT: 99.95)BITS PILANI Chemical Engineering20 months worked in LogisticsProfessors: P1, P2. Shivam: S P1: What are you doing? S: (Started speaking about a video, but he stopped me.) P1: No, no, I mean are you working? S: Yes, Sir. At Delivery Private Limited. P1: What is your job role? S: (His video froze, I adjusted my screen) Explained my role. P1: What is your educational background? S: Sir, I have done my undergraduate in Chemical Engineering. I also went to NUS Singapore for my final year thesis. P1: Explain your thesis project. S: (Explained in great detail.) P1: So your project was related to Plastics. Which marine animal one should use to prepare plastics and why? S: I said brine shrimp because my project at NUS was related to that. But I gave random reasons. (He didn’t cross-question.) P1: Which ministry will you approach if you want to amend a policy in the plastics industry? S: (Said I don’t know.) P1: Who is the Chemical and Fertilizers minister? S: Sir, is it Devanand Gowda? (It is Sadanand Gowda.) P1: I am asking you this. S: (I smiled and said I am not sure.) P1: Who is the petroleum minister? S: (Couldn’t recall. Said sorry.) P2: Tell me three applications of math which are used in Chemical Engineering. S: Sir, Newton-Raphson, Simplex for LPP, differential equations for heat, and Navier-Stokes. P2: When is the simplex method used? S: (Explained. Talked about slack and surplus variable.) P2: No, no, don’t tell me the method. What is the starting solution? S: I said the first feasible solution would be X1 = X2 = 0. Then we find the intercept and perform the next iterations. P2: What is the bisection method? S: Sir, it is for root finding where the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0. P2: Which theorem is used that leads to the conclusion that the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0? S: (Said mean value theorem. I was not sure but tried to explain.) P1 (enters again): Who is XYZ? (Don’t remember the name he mentioned.) S: I don’t know. P1: So you don’t follow the news. S: Sir, I follow it, but I am unaware of this person. P1: So you come from Muzaffarpur. What is the historical significance of Muzaffarpur? S: (Told about how Muzaffarpur got its name and then spoke about Khudiram Bose and how his activities led to the rise of revolution in the Indian Freedom movement.) P1: Any medieval significance? S: (Talked about Magadha, Patliputra which is near Muzaffarpur, Gupta Dynasty, and Maurya Dynasty.) P1: What other calls do you have? S: Sir, I have calls from all the IIMs. P1: Old and new both? S: Yes, Sir. P1: Ok, you can log off. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 6 Lucknow had also very generously provided a fact sheet to brush up recent events in India and globally, which I went through diligently. So I was somewhat more confident on D-day. Visited Taj Bengal for the first time in more than 10 years. The panel consisted of a lady (L), and an older gentleman (G). The moment I took my seat, L: So Sambit you are into the theater! What kind of plays do you do?Me: (Aha! Area of strength!) I have done most of my acting in Bengali. In college, we generally re-enacted existing plays by the likes of Badal Sarkar, Bratya Basu, Utpal Dutta, etc. In Jamshedpur, we tried to put a little more of our creativity into the plays. We took some well-known stories of Tagore and others, and put in some original chunks to concatenate them, and presented them as a common theme. L: No I mean what have the themes of your plays been?Me: We have done everything from comedies, tragedies, political satire, to mythology. G: (cutting in) So being in the theatre circuit and all, what are your views on the debate going on about Freedom of Speech?Me: (Thank god for Google News) Sir I feel that whatever JNU students have said are definitely objectionable, however, morality and legality cannot be considered to be the same. It was wrong to have taken legal action against the students. G: (Slightly agitated) What are you saying! Have you seen the video where he is saying all that anti-national stuff?Me: Yes, but… L: (to G) Oh that video was doctored. It was a ploy of the politicians or the media.G: (to L) But how is it possible to edit a video so convincingly?L: They will do anything to create an issue.G: But they also had banners and signs saying the same thing.Me: sitting in awkward silence while the two panelists continue debating among themselves about the issue. Finally,L: So Sambit your final views on the matter?Me:(Remembering a quote but not who it was from) Ma’am all I would like to say is that I do not agree with what the students have said, but I will defend their right to be able to say it.L and G both look pleased. I hope this article helps you with your preparation. Keep going and All the very best! IIM-L Interview Experience 7 15/02/2021Panel 2Two panelists, both male BE ECEWorkex – 24 months, Data analyst P1: How has life been treating you these days?Me: I’m good (discussed my packed interview schedule with them) P1: So that’s good, you’ll get done early. So tell us about yourself.Me: (prepared answer) P1: How have you prepared for this interview?Me: spoke about life history, current affairs etc. P1: Acha, what should we question you on?Me: umm, football will be a good topic. P1: No, why football, why not cricket?Me: Not a big fan very honestly, gravitated towards football. P1: Okay what else then?Me: my work? P1: Everyone wants to talk about their work. Chalo tell us about your job.Me: (prepared answer) P1: What about statistics?Me: Okay sure sir. P1: Okay tell me a distribution other than the normal distribution.Me: gave a detailed answer on the binomial distribution. P1: What are type 1 and type 2 errors? Give examples.Me: Answered. Gave examples from my work itself. P2: What books have you read recently?Me: Spoke about Delhi by Khushwant Singh, The palace of illusions by Chitra Banerjee devakurni. Specifically spoke about the latter and the context of the book (written from the POV of Draupadi). P2: which other famous book has been written from the POV of a Mahabharata character?Me: didn’t know (stupid answer, it’s obviously the Gita) P1: So you’re an expert authority on the Mahabharata, which character do you relate to from the Mahabharata?Me: chuckled and said I’m no expert, both of them started laughing. I then spoke about Karan at length and how I’m a moral person. P1: You’re a moral person then why Karan? He was evil. So you support evil too?Here we had a really long back and forth on the definition of evil. How I felt it is very subjective and the Gita literally talks about a similar dilemma on Arjun’s mind. The panelist told me I would probably support Hitler but I stood my ground and told him that was clearly wrong, but in the Mahabharata’s context the moral ambiguities are quite apparent. P1: So will you sell poison to increase shareholder value?Me: Wouldn’t that be illegal? P1: Suppose you find a way, then?Me: I won’t, it doesn’t align with my principles.P1: Okay that’s what I wanted to know. P2: There’s only one great book by Khushwant Singh, in my opinion, which one is it?Me: this is the first time I’m reading him, so I don’t know that. P2: So this book on Delhi, what is it about?Me: Said it’s about the history of the city from the 13th till the 20th Century. P2: A very famous history professor passed away recently, who was he?Me: I’m unable to remember his name but I’m sure he was a faculty at DU.P2: Yes he was a professor at DU. P2: Why did you pick up this book by him?Me: Said how I was at the airport and was interested in the topic. P1: Any questions for us?I asked one question It felt like a borderline stress interview, but a good panel with quality questions. IIM-L Interview Experience 8 Cat 97.39 obc, work ex 3.5yrs P1: Are you working or studentMe: Working Sir P1: From where you did your graduation?Me: Answered P2: Where are you working?Me: Answered P2: What exactly you guys do?Me: Explained P2: How the crude oil is carried from exploration to site via truck or any other mode?Me: Explained in detail with difference between Piping and Pipeline P2: Do you know Cairne companyMe: initially said no, then panelist pronounced it correctly, I said yes I know P2: What is NRV?Me: Answered P2: Where it is placed?Me: Answered P2: In drawing, how pump is drawn?Me: Done P2: Draw NRV in thatMe: Done P1: What are your hobbiesMe: Trekking, teaching P1: What kind of teachingMe: I teach maths of school level for competitive exams P1: Is it CAT level?Me: No sir, it is school level, which is applicable for competitive exams P1: Is it for part time earnings?Me: No sir for part time earnings, I do society accounting stuff (no cross question) P2: Which other calls you got?Me: BCI, Cap along with L P2: So how many are done?Me: Sir done with C, cap interview and this is 3rd one P1: So you selected all 3 courses?Me: Explaining the glitch in form on day1 P1: So you guys initially fill all options in cat, and then when u get shortlist, u think this other field are not good acreer optionMe: Sir first part is right, in cat I did it, but in form because of glitch to be on safer side, I chose all 3 but it is not like other branches are bad, it’s just my inclination towards Operations. P1: So it is your preference, so you want to get considered for other two branches or not?Me: No sir, I am just looking for Pgp.P1: Ok we are done! IIM-L Interview Experience 9 Electrical and Electronics Engineering/NIT Calicut/FresherTwo panelists(Both males) M1 around 45-50 in age, M2 around 30-35 M1: So You got the first position in a quiz on Engineer’s day. Tell me who is (a very complicated south Indian name which I had never heard before) (grilling) M1: 1-2 Questions related to power systems (grilling) M1: Your grades were low during the 1st year…any reason?(gave the well-prepared answer, panelist nods in satisfaction) M1: so have you studied any management-related subject during your engineering? M1: Give your opinion on farm laws(after listening to my opinion, he initiated the conversation and gave his opinion on the same) M1: what are your interests?(told that I like to cook, playing badminton, football and have an interest in Stock Markets) Over to panelist 2M2: So you mentioned stock markets, have you traded before?(shared my experience during the stock market crash due to covid and lockdown) M2: tell me how do you choose a stock(explained in detail about the 4-5 parameters that I consider) M2: what is the P/E ratio? M2: what value of P/E ratio you would choose while choosing the stock?(explained the ideal P/E ratio and how it changes year on year basis and can’t be solely relied upon and other factors to be considered) (satisfied look from panelist) M2: what if I purchase a stock of P/E ratio lying between 30-40(explained with example) M2: okay one math question: draw the graph of y=square root (x)(drawn) M2: does it touch anywhere on the X-axisM2: Okay, thank you IIM-L Interview Experience 10 2 panelists Both Male one in 40s and other in his 50s P1- Asked where are you from P2- Give a short intro ( talked about that and last mentioned Saskhar Bharat Mission and my Job offer from TCS) P2- Asked about literacy P2- Asked why MBA and then told me to go to work with TCS rather doing an MBA( I gave my reasons for why I want to do MBA) P2- then mail to TCS and say that you don’t want their boring job P2- Asked about flip flops ( couldn’t answer and tried to divert but he came back) P2- Asked about Fourier transform P1- Gave me sequence questions and asked about it P1- if price of Wheat and data is increased what would I choose. P1- who manufacturers Ashirwad atta and how do they regulate the prices P1- what other calls do you have P1- you may leave IIM-L Interview Experience 11 2 panel members 1M (40+): Mostly a professor 1F (30+): Mostly an Alumni P1: Good morningMe: Good morning Sir and Ma’am P1: So you have graduated in 2018….your specialization?Me: Mechanical Engineering P1: Where do you work and what does the company do?Me: Answered P1: What does your team do?Me: Answered P1: As you work in the Oil and Gas sector, do you think India can move towards Renewable energy? What is your opinionMe: Gave an elaborate answer P1: What sources of news do you read?Me: Gave an answer and included that I’m interested in world affairs. Since I am interested in geopolitics I have also read S. Jaishankar’s “The India Way” which was recently published P1: So you are interested in geopolitics.. does geopolitics play a huge role in Energy sector? What is the impact of politics on the energy sector?Me: Gave an elaborate answer P2: What makes someone a huge failure?Me: Answered with example (They seem impressed) P2: You have mentioned a quote “Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes so learn from others”, some people say that MBA is a mistake so why not drop the idea of an MBA and take their advice?Me: Answered (Answer was okayish I guess) P2: You have written in your form that “With greater power comes greater responsibility”Give me an example of a person you follow, which has or had great power but failed miserably Me: Answered but I couldn’t think of a good example at that momentP2: Thank you! You can leave. Best of luck Pretty chilled out interview. Panelist were also in a good mood. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 12 CSE Major – 2019 passed out They were eating and asking 1. I thought you were going to come in normal dress why did you wear all formals? 2. For which course are you chosen? PGP / PGP ABM 3. What is your preference? 4. If you don’t get anything except PGP ABM – Will you join? – I said no 5. Show me your ID – showed PAN card 6. Which department issues PAN card? 7. Types of Taxes? 8. Difference between personal tax and GST? 9. √-12 x √-14? 10. If travel half the distance from source to destination and then again half of it and I will keep repeating – how much time will it take? – I said it will become an infinite series 11. How does it become infinite – the distance is limited right? 12. How do you find the continuity of a function? 13.1 If graph is not given? 14. Minister of social welfare? – couldn’t answer 15. Minister of external affairs, Finance minister? Time: 15-20 min Couldn’t answer anything properly.Overall it went very bad IIM-L Interview Experience 13 1M 1F (Both Soft Spoken) BBA (Finance and Accounting) Hello, How are you….Da da da F: So what are you doing nowadays? Walk us through your day to day activitiesTold (I mentioned that I’m trying to learn Intraday Trading) M: So when do you think markets are going to crash?Told him that I’m no expert in this M&F: Which all subjects did you have? What was you favourite subject in which you scored highestTold them the subjectsTold them that favourite subject and highest score subject are different M: Asked a random case, what kind of investment will you suggest a 60years oldShort Discussion happened F: You’re young, why don’t you travel or gain some experience and then get into the MBA? (Basically Why MBA)Told F: Jatin tell us something about yourself, like your greatest achievement or anythingAsked them if I can mention an achievement from personal frontThey said sureThen told. F: You’ve grown above your age Jatin. Be happy and all the best Thankyou  For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 14 Two panelists: F and M 1. M: We tried to connect to you but there was nothing, never mind. Tell something abt yourselfTold the practiced one 2. M: So you want to do a MBA, thus you will resign from your job or take a study leave.Sir my company gives sabbatical after 5 years of service only, although I would request them to offer me a sabbatical but if they don’t then will go for resignation. 3. F: So you work in a oil rig right?Yes Mam I am currently at a rig 4. F: So the oil prices are rising how your company is going to benefit from that.Mam the oil price have increased due to extra tax put on by state and central government. The crude oil prices are somewhat stable. But if crude oil prices increase my company is going to benefit from that as it has low price per barrel. 5. F: But if your company buys a downstream firm then how the petrol price fluctuation will affect you.Mam my company bought a downstream firm two years back. It helps to form a buffer zone to accommodate fluctuations. If crude oil prices increase then by default we benefit otherwise the downstream company will help us to earn benefits 6. M: So what are your hobbies?Sir Cooking, Reading and Watching Movies 7. M: So what you like to cook?Sir the most I like is to make chicken 8. M: You know only one thing to make and you say like cooking.No sir I can make from chappati to full course meal, chicken is something which I love to make. 9. M: How many types of chicken do you make?Sir I don’t have any count but I keep doing experiments. Recently during lockdown I learned to make a Turkish style chicken in which we fry the spices initially and add it to chicken in the end. 10. M: I love to cook myself thats why I am so eager. Ok what else was your hobby?Sir Watching movies and reading 11. M: What type of movies do you watch?Sir I like the movies from the director Christopher Nolan. Inception and Dark Knight Trilogy are my favorite. I also watch movies based on underworld and crime thrillers of Scorsese. 12. M: Ok So you watch Netflix series also?Sir I am not a Netflix series fan. I like the concept of Movie rather than of series 13. F & M: Ok Akshay It was nice talking to you. You may now log out.It was pleasure to talking you as well. Thank You Overall the interview was very calm. Both the interviewers were very accommodating and let me answer completely. I panicked in Tell Me about yourself as it was more than 90 minutes and there was no reponse from Admission Office. After a couple of calls I was able to activate my link. The interview took approx 10 to 15 minutes to complete.Thanks. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 15 GEM7 months experience in telecom. P1Why MBA after engineering? What are EM waves ? Explain 5G STA implementation of 5G? (My Btech Project) Questions on implementation of 5G and India’s struggle P2The questions related to my SOP P3Now Why MBA? You should continue with engineering related field I believe, you will do well. Current Affairs- Reliance Oil to chemical biz. Stress Interview, panelists were cutting down every now and then. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 16 Two panelist male(very old and arrogant) and female (young and smiling) entire interview:: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why grad marks are low 3. Are you good at maths 4. Political leaders from your state 5. 1+logx graph 6. X intercept of above graph 7. 5/10+55/100+555/1000+5555/10000……. 8. (1+x)**n expansion 9. Definition of π 10. No of constituency 11. Why scored low in 3 rd year as I gave reason for first two years only 12. Why are you double minded 13. What will be your specialization?? 14. What do you do in your free time (said cricket)Answered all of em and they were satisfied except one question thought interview was going well) 15. Don’t you read books ??(I said I don’t read ) 16. Even one book??Chetan Bhagat answered(All of us laughing) 17. Are you good at English??(This was the worst mistake I did )I said i am okay with it not as good as mathsThey asked spelling of accessoriesIf you answered you will be selected if not rejected serious and sad faces from them????Spelled wronglyFinally they said it’s okTry it for next year you will be doing fine you don’t get selected this year. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 17 Bsc maths hons.Fresher Asked about sri Venkateswara college Then applications of mathematics in business(I gave the example.of marginal cost and revenue). Next follow up quesn. On marginal revenue. A quesn. Of the shortest path for an ant to travel along the longest diagonal of a cube but not through the longest diagonal. Cabinet minister in delhi and about legislative assembly. Then quesn. On signature bridge. (What’s special about it) Why have I done Mathematics if I wanted to do an MBA as maths required for an MBA is done by 12th. . (Countered him by saying the importance of mathematical modelling in Business) Next quesn. On Covid mathematical modelling. (That there were many models done in march -april on covid, are they are all in futility?) .(Countered it ) Then what do you like apart from mathematics and why?(Said marketing) Difference between sales and marketing? Since I’m a Goyal- Baniya , next quesn about that. Who was the first baniya? ( I didn’t knew) And then he told me answer was Maharaja Agrasen, then I remembered. And that was it.(There were two people in the panel but only one asked the questions throughout the interview)(Seemed like a friendly conversation rather than an interview) Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 18 I have Work-Ex P1: What calls do you have?-told P2: Which interviews are over?-told P2: How was Calcutta?-told that they asked only math and gk. Got one math wrong and one gk wrong. P2: So we will not ask math and GK. P1: hobbies?– told I like sports cars, I like researching about them. P1: I have 10 lakh rupees, recommend me some car.– did P1: Why MBA? Which specific domain?-told P2: Tell me your future plans regarding your career in that domain?-told P2: Any questions for us?– asked why didn’t they ask me anything? P2: (laughed) your grades are good and consistent, You have a good job which pays well, no gap years, answers were convincing. You tell me what should we ask.– at this moment I was like ” wow, what did I even do, why are they praising me”– told them they can ask about my job and the projects I am working. P1: (smiled) Tumko jo kehna hai kaho– told them about the projects in my job. P1: very impressive, you can log off now It was over within 15 mins, and I don’t even know how that happened so damn smooth. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 19 Two Panelists(1M 1F), Me (A) M: Show your IDA: Should I screen share it or show the original? M: Original. Screen share can be a fake tooA: * weird smile * Showed the ID M: Tell me a jokeA: A kid and his fat aunt are walking below a bridge. The kid stops and lets the aunt walk. When the aunt asked him why did he stop, he replies, ” There is a that sign which says let the heavy vehicles pass first. ” M: Laughs and says, dont you think that this is a sexist joke?A: No sir, I dont think there is so much to think about this. M: If you replace the fat aunt with a fat uncle, will it be funny?A: To me, it’ll be. M: Let me tell you a joke. * Tells that joke where a kid asks his parents how we are born and the father says, the your mother’s family evolved from monkeys”. Is this a sexist joke?H: No sir, it is not. M: Why?A: Coz no one knows what happened to the father after that. May he RIPM: Laughs out loud F: You are funny. Do you have a boyfriend?A:Yes ma’am, I do. F: Can you hide your emotionsA: No ma’am struggle with that. F: Since you like taking a dig on men, does your boyfriend feel bad about dating you?H: Why will he feel bad? If he had, he wouldn’t have taken the first step F: * smiles*M: Next time someone asks you to tell a joke, tell a gender neutral joke.A: Sir, I will replace fat aunt by fat uncle and conduct a social experiment. Thank u sir!  Done. Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 20 F1, F2 – Male (40 years) F1 – Show us one of your identity proofsShown F1 – Introduce YourselfGave an well prepared answer F2 – So, you are from Civil Engineering!!Yes, Sir. F2 – Why your grades are low in UndergraduationTold that organized more than 10 events continuously. But topped in the 8th sem in the batch. F2 – What is Cantilever BeamAnswered F2 – Draw a Cantilever beamDrawn F2 – Show me the cross section of a cantilever beam if I cut that at a point PDrawn F2 – Draw the Shear Force Diagram and Bending Moment Diagram of that thing.SFD was correct, BMD was wrong F1 – Why there are gaps in the Roads?Told about to bear stress and all. F1 – Draw what have you saidOut of scope. So, Don’t know. F1 – While marching on a Bridge, the footsteps are not matched. Why?Don’t know sir. But will take a guess.Due to slight Oscillation of the bridge F1 – So, you are from Odisha. Tell me one famous person from there apart from Naveen BabuSaid about Dharmendra Pradhan F1 – So, is there not any other famous personalities other tham him in the pas too?Told about Ex-PM P V Narsimha Rao contesting from my constituency (he said ok, great) F1- Ok, X. Thank You for your time. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 21 IIM LUCKNOW Interview Experience – 23/02/2022 Panel 7Two male panelists Q. Hello. What other calls do you have?Q. Tell us something about yourself.Q. How many people do you have in the family?Q. You have a dog? What’s the breed?Q. Why a Rottweiler? They are said to be dangerous.Q. Where did your father work?Q. What was his post?Q. What is this graduation course? (BSc Electronics)Q. How is it differnet from BTech?Q. Why this uniquish course? Why not Btech or standard sciences?Q. What is the difference between Telephone and Mobile?Q. What is AND Gate?Q. Asked to draw AND Gate. Thank you. The interview was okay. No grilling just normal convo.The ending felt a bit abrupt. They just said thank you and left the meeting. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 22 IIM L Interview Experience – 24/02/2022 Work ex 25 months- Pharma consulting and shoe manufacturing85.5/91.4/8.66 Panel 2 one male one female 1. Tell me about yourself2. What is your family background3. Comment on the statement – Having a sibling is better than being a single child3.a advantages of being a single child?4. Tell us a bit about your work in pharma sector5. Why did you leave your job?6. How does Indian Pharma differ from american pharma?7. What is reference pricing?(Did now know last 2)8. What other calls do you have.? Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 23 IIML Interview Experience: 24 Feb 2022 Work Ex – 18 months – Software Engineer, Versa Networks10th – 91, 12th – 85,Grad – 8.4 (IIT Tirupati, Computer Science),CAT – 99.85 Panel 11 M1: Tell me about yourself?Why MBA ?What all other calls do you have ? M2:What all mathematics related courses do you have during Btech ?(Told Prob-stats, Complex number, Engineering mathematics) Why complex number ?How is it relevant to CSE ?Tell me expansion of e^x?Diffentiation of e^x?Approximate value of e?Tell some more mathematical values like e.What is Golden ratio ?Tell me different probability distributions.Tell me about normal distribution.Its Probability function? Duration : 8-10 minutes. Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 24 IIM Lucknow interview experience (Panel 11) – 24 Feb 202297.65 CAT, B.A. (Hons.) English, 32 months work exTwo panelists, both male. One in his late 30s or early 40s. The other in his 50s. P1:1. Tell us something about yourself.2. Why MBA3. Why did you study English literature?4. You are from motilal nehru college (Evening). What does this evening mean here?5. Is that the student’s choice or does the college allot it?6. So, why did you choose evening college?7. So, do you regret pursuing English literature? P2:So, you have studied English literature. 1. What is a sonnet?Explained. But grilled on this. 2. What are other kinds of poetry?Named a couple. 3. Who wrote the canterbury tales? 4. Who wrote Paradise Lost? 5. You must have read Shakespeare as well?Yes, sir. A bit. 6. Can you name some tragedies written by him?Named four of them. 7. Now pick any one of these and recite some lines from it.Could not do it. 8. What do you think is the impact of the French language on English literature? 9. Have you not studied cooperative literature? (Figured out after the interview that he meant comparative literature. I could not understand it because of the way he said it.) No, sir. Hearing of this term for the first time. P1 (entering again):So, what other calls do you have?Told. So what is your ranking of IIMs?Told. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 25 IIM LUCKNOW interview experience ( panel 7 ) – Dt: 24/02/2022T.Y.BMS finance fresher P1. TMAYP2. So you said that you do trading, what is alpha and beta of a stock ?P2. Why do you not use alpha and beta while trading ?P2. What are the basics of trading ?P1. I think this entire trading thing is useless, different people are buying and selling at the same time, is it right ?P2. Do you use fundamental analysis while trading ?P1. Can I short a stock for more than 30 days ?P1. This entire stock market is based on emotions, isn’t it useless ?P2. What are the different patterns and candles that you use for trading ?P1. What has been your ROI of trading ?P1. When did you start trading ?P1. Then you should come and teach us instead of we teaching you…? (Why MBA)P1. Thank you. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 26 IIML Interview Experience: 25/02/2022 Work Ex – 18 months – Software Engineer, Versa Networks10th – 91, 12th – 85,Grad – 8.4 (IIT Tirupati, Computer Science),CAT – 99.85 Panel 11 M1: Tell me about yourself?Why MBA ?What all other calls do you have ? M2:What all mathematics related courses do you have during Btech ?(Told Prob-stats, Complex number, Engineering mathematics) Why complex number ?How is it relevant to CSE ?Tell me expansion of e^x?Diffentiation of e^x?Approximate value of e?Tell some more mathematical values like e.What is Golden ratio ?Tell me different probability distributions.Tell me about normal distribution.Its Probability function? Duration : 8-10 minutes. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 27 IIM L Panel 4 – 25/02/2022Morning slotCat -99.65Academics- 79.8/95/73.5FresherB.A. (hons) Economics F1:- 1. How are you felling2. What are 2 economic policies u like and don’t (budget policies for transport and make in India for like, crypto tax and demonetisation for don’t like)3. What is crypto?4. Can it be used to buy commodities?5. What is repo rate6. What is reverse repo rate7. Can u explain different types of crypto’s M1:- 1. Why did you not find demonetisation good as a policy (Had a discussion on demonetisation for a long time where I mentioned some cons and M1 mentioned pros)2. What are your plans after MBA3. What is difference b/w marketing and sales?F1:- 1. Do you know 2 economists from India Who won Nobel prize for economics2. Who was Amartya sen3. What is developmental economics4. What is Inclusive growth5. Any questions for us? Very very friendly panel. I was not able to answer a few questions but they did not grill on those. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 28 IIML PGP-SM – 25/02/2022Panel2 1. Tell me about yourself in brief?2. Why PGP-SM?(Tried to grill a bit)3. Define ethics?(Tried to grill a bit)4. What do you do in your free time?5. How do you identify if a video is authentic or not? (Tried to grill a bit)6. It is seen that in states/nations rich in minerals there is a increase in poverty?7. What is the most pressing issue going around the world?8. Russia- ukran will lead to world war 3. Comment on it. Overall tried to grill a little bit but they were chill. Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 29 IIM L Panel 5 – 26/02/2022 Profile- GEM, 2.5 years work ex in IT 1. Tell me about yourself2. Have you read the complete works of Swami Vivekananda3. What is ohms law4. What is flip flop5. What is op amp6. Asked about work ex- what tools do you use for testing, write test cases for a payment interface of an e commerce website (cross questions)7. What is your take on Russia Ukraine Crisis8. What is your take on India abstaining from the vote9. What other calls do you have? Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 30 IIM L Interview Experience – 26/02/2022 Mech engineer, 95/95.8/82.76/99.7 Panel 1 1. Tell me about yourself2. Do you know about normal and Gaussian Distribution?3. What is 6 sigma?4. What is the significance of 6 in 6sigma?5. What is sigma?6. What do you know about economics? ( Told about disguised unemployment, learnt it in school, professor explained that back to me)7. What is NITI Aayog, who is the chairman?8. Who heads Rajya Sabha?9. President of India? Overall it was not a good experience, I had no idea of the statistics questions they asked. I thought they would ask me about mechanical engineering. Learnings from the interview: Brush up basic statistics and know who’s who in the world and the country. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 31 IIML Interview Experience:26th Feb 2022, 3:30-5:00 Panel 10 , GEM, 30 months Workex 1. Tell me more about your work experience2. Since you are working in your core domain, What is the difference you see between curriculum and industry. Give 2-3 specific examples.3. Do you want to completely switch your domain , why exactly you want to persue MBA.4. You are in a PSU, will you take a study leave? (I said i was not eligible for it as of now ). Then why are you taking the risk, why not wait for 2-3 yrs.5. Tell me about a country that is facing economic crisis.( I said Sri Lanka, they asked about a country part of both Asia and Europe).. I said Turkey, and told that inflation was skyrocketing there and its currency devalued, but i did not follow the story in detail so i am not aware of the exact reasons for the same Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 32 26th Feb 2022, 2:50-4:20 Panel 6, GEM, 42 Months workex. 1. Would you like to to introduce yourself?(Mentioned my interest in stock market)2. Do you invest in stock market? Whats your portfolio size?3. Stock market is a gamble. Only sentiments govern it, whats your opinion?4. Investing is boring then whats the fun in doing it?5. Some people say that RIL is a ethically corrupt company, do you agree?(I work in RIL)6. Tell me one highlight of the work that you do in RIL7. Whats TQM (total quality management), lean manufacturing?8. How do you track continuos improvement opportunities in your company?9. Why didn’t you take study leave for MBA preparation? Then grilled me a little bit that i am doing mba just to leave my current job.10. What will you choose PGP or PGP-SM? Why?11. What will happen to RIL if you leave for MBA (both laughing) Overall they were smiling alot and kind of a very casual conversation, didn’t grill much just alot of cross questions. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 33 Date: 23 Jan 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30Panel: 4 Profile: GEM, 10/96.6/9.5, 99.78%ileWork ex: 13 mo (till 31 July ‘22) Documents verification till 2PMWAT Topic: Equity is a utopia (10-15 mins. No additional time to think) Interview Duration: ~20 minutesPanellists: M/M (Both in 40s)Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone. P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too? I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Also read: IIM interview questions IIM-L Interview Experience 34 Profile:X: 95XII: 95.6B.Tech CSE: 82.6Gen, CAT: 99.88Working from Jul 22, so only 1 month WAT topic: India is not an emerging economy, rather a re-emerging economy, 15 mins and 300 words Tell me about yourself How can a hacker get access What issue do you think was there with AIIMS servers Difference between python and c# How to convert C# to python Why MBA now, why not work for some years Are you applying because you don’t like your job? Asked about other calls and asked why I did not convert some of them Inflation rate in India WAT (15 min)- Next recession will be due to cryptocurrencies PI (20 min)1. Why you choose PGP & ABM both? What kind of exposure in ABM? Grilled on ABM for 5 minutes 2. Many random things about Ahmedabad (native place) 3. About my college 4. Day to day activities in current work ex & tools used in project management 5. What calls you have? (Told that I have B, C, L, I) then asked Which one you will choose? Also read: IIM L interview experience   IIM-L Interview Experience 35 Profile BE mechanical NC obc 96.71 percentile10-94, 12-94, grad 8.2Work experience 58 months WAT: Equity is utopia.. Why MBA, why not executive..??Answered… Lots of talk on that.. Working principle of electric vehicle.. Answered.. Working principle of hybrid vehicle… Asked about work experience details.. Answered.. Again talk on why are u wasting time to do on MBA.. How many promotion u got.. Why are u staying in same company for this long.. Answered Why inflation is happening..?? Current inflation rate in India..?? How to control inflation..?? Why entire global is facing inflation..?? Why lots of lay off happening..?? Whats happening currently in Pakistan…?? What’s happening in turkey..?? Why europe is facing energy crsis…?? Integrate log x That’s all…Overall it was very chill interview… No grilling… Expect that why not executive…?? Grilled a lot on that… IIM-L Interview Experience 36 23rd Jan – Mumbai – 12:30pm – Panel 1Profile – 9/7/6Cat – 90.11% WAT – Markets are a great equaliser.(No time to think, 15 mins time) Two Panelists Say P1 and P2.P1 in his mid 30sP2 in his mid 40s I went inside. Greeted them.P1 – Have a seat .He started directly with, “Did you notice the paintings in the waiting room where you were sitting right now?”Me – I think I have missed it but I’ll make sure to take a look afterward.P1 – Didn’t you see clearly around you? ( He started grilling right from the start)Me – I’ll take a look afterwards. I missed it .(Note – I went in the waiting room after the interview to check the paintings, there weren’t any. so yes they were successful in bringing my confidence down)P1 continued – Let it be. What is AI.ME -AnsweredP1 – What is chatGpt?Me – Answered.P1 – Don’t you think if the AI becomes mature , we humans are going to lose all our jobs.Me – I took a stand saying complete elimination of the Human workforce is not possible. We’ll need less workers who’ll be highly skilled and task will be supervision of this AI.P1 – He counter questioned with how did I come up to the interview location? ( He was trying to establish a point that We are already dependent on Google Maps)Me – I stood firm on my perspective. That maps have also been prepared by Human. He seemed satisfied with the answer.P1 – is technology bringing us closer ?Me – AnsweredP2 enters. He was playing a bad cop roll.P2 – Explain your work ex .Me – AnsweredP2 – Few questions related to Work ex ( grilled me a little) he went into statistics as I’m a Data Analyst)Me – Answered.So I have a Mtech Degree already and I’m going for MBA now. So he said in Hindi. Umar kya he tumari? I said 25. He was like aarey tum toh shadi vaadi karlo yaar. Kyun padhna he . I told him why. Seemed satisfied.P1 comes back – what do you do in your leisure timeMe – answered.P1 – some questions related to hobbies. He went deep in it.Me – answered everything.P1 – Who’s the CEO of Microsoft, Who’s the owner of Microsoft, What is the parent company of Google, Who is the CEO of Meta.Me – Answered allP1 – so don’t you think instead of going out our youth should stay back in India and work here onlyMe – I agreed with him and told him why it is not happening. He seemed satisfied. P2 – Okay that’s it. Thank you.Interview was around 25 mins. I was shattered by the first two questions. No tell me about yourself nothing. They caught me in the Paintings question but I somehow managed to keep it together. Overall Good experience. They are not letting you to be the driver of the interview.  So, just keep calm and be confident. Also read: WAT PI for IIM IIM-L Interview Experience 37 8/7/8Cat – 95.3 with 27 month work-exMany extracurricular IM spec3 panelist – late 40s, early 50s, late 30s – all malePretty cool interviewers but might dig deep and go to the core of what made you say certain answers 1. about yourself apart from resume/application (mentioned trekking)2. Asked me a trekking experience3. Why MBA even tho in MBB4. Follow up on above5. Follow up 2,3,4… on above6. Still not clear but why SPJ7. Why not other IIM8. What specific in tech industry you like IIM-L Interview Experience 38 Date 28th Jan WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes– Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy– Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon– Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name– Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon– Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud– Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ?– Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 39 Date: 23 January 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30 PMPanel: 4 Profile Summary Category: GEM (General Engineer Male) Academics: 10th: 96.6% 12th: 96.6% Graduation: 9.5 CGPA CAT Percentile: 99.78%ile Work Experience: 13 months (till 31 July 2022) Process Document Verification: Completed by 2:00 PM WAT Topic: Equity is a Utopia Duration: 10–15 minutes Details: No additional thinking time provided. Interview Details Duration: ~20 minutes Panel Composition: Two male panelists (Both in their 40s) Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone.P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure the unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too?I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Courses for IIM GDPI – Register now IIM-L Interview Experience 40 Date: 28th JanLocation: Bangalore WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes – Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon – Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud – Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ? Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 41 Profile- 10/9/8Cat – 99.42% 2 MaleM1 – Tell me about yourselfMe – Told the rehearsed answerM1- So you like cricket, then give us the technical reason due to which a ball swingsMe – gave the basic reasonings for the swinging of the ball but couldn’t give the techn answerM1 – What are your fav subjects?Me – ML, Oops, mathsM1- Only these many, didn’t you go to college for 4 years, tell me moreMe- DBMS alsoM1 – What is BCNFMe – Explained the entire process of normalisation(1NF, 2NF etc)M1 – What is partial dependency?Me – explained and even wrote an exampleM1- What is inheritance?Me – ExplainedM1- why do you need parent class if child class has all the features of the parent class?Me – explainedM1 – What is polymorphism?Me – explained with an exampleM1 – cross questioned me on the example M2 – So what do you read, do you know anything about what is going on?Me – Read mint and somewhere along the lines inserted my liking towards financeM2 – Tell me about financeMe – Started yelling him about financial statements, how to evaluate a companyM2 – Tumhe toh sabh aata hai, phir kya zaroorat hamaari?Me- Explained how I only knew the theory and how you guys will help with practical skills, also added their slogan somewhere in between.M2 – Started questioning me about cash flows and how a cash flow sheet looks and we had a discussion about it.M2 – Who is president of India?Me – answeredM2 – Vice president?Me – dont knowM2 – neighboring countries of India?Me – answered (but I missed China)M2 – you missed the biggest threat to IndiaM2 – any female president of our neighbouring states who is famous rt now?Me – dont knowM2 – Extempore now, what do you want to speak on?Me – CricketM1 – old generation of cricketers are saying that t20 is destroying test matches – extemporeMe – spoke for about 1-1.5 minM1 – Thank you Overall, the interviewers were quite chill. IIM-L Interview Experience 42 Date: 21 Feb 2023 12:30PMLocation: IIML Noida CampusProfile: GEM with 37 months workex in CRM WAT: Geopolitics- Are we on a verge of World War 3? Interview Exp:1. Tell us about Yourself2. What do your parents do?3. Campus Placement? What do u do in IBM?4. What is CRM?5. What do u do in your work?6. Inspite doing Civil Engg. Why pursuing career in IT?7. Why MBA?8. You can learn about MBA courses on youtube also, why IIM?9. How will your peers help you in learning and not pull you down?10. Why Punjab being so rich during independence has not been developed, infact it is continuously declining?11. Why there is no growth of IT and industrial sector in Punjab?12. Why brain drain from Punjab to Canada? And why only Canada not other countries?13. What is Khalistan movement that is emerging in Punjab?14. How a single report from Hindenberg can effect the economy as a whole?15. Has Adani done any scam? What are your views on it?16. What other calls do you have and your preference? Overall a chill pannel, Interview being conversational and derived based on my opinions on various topics. Lasted for around 10-12 minutes. SPJain Group Interview Experience ft. Prantik IIM-L Interview Experience 43 P1 :Q1 introduce yourselfInterrupted in betweenQ2 you are from IT background elaborate on budget relating to something announced by government in area of ITTold about sangram portalQ3: Major schemes announced by the government? Told 4-5Q4: currency of UK and USA (Told)Q5: Currency of Europe : forgot. Capital of srilanka: forgot although I knew answer but was kind of rapid fire so got nervousQ6 RBI Governor of India : toldQ7 Finance minister of India: toldP2:Q1 calculate chance of selecting 2 candidates out of 8 candidates-Mentioned ncr formula permutations and combinationsQ2 : what do you do in free timeTold hobbies and i tnterest dancing and reading about current happenings in IT feildQ3 name 5 dance forms in IndiaMentioned kathal bharatanatyam bihu BhangraQ4 which newspaper and magazines you readMentioned about ET and YouTube sourcesQ5 latest IT updateTold about integration of WhatsApp and chat GPTQ6 any major announcement by MicrosoftTold about internet explorer permanently kill from windows 10Q7 He asked diffrence between internet explorer and edgeTold Lastly thank you you may log off IIM-L Interview Experience 44 22nd Feb 2023PGP, PGP-ABMMorning slot, Panel 7, second last candidateBackground: Economic Honours(Whole interview was in hindi) As soon as I entered the room, they started asking back to back questions--Awadhi or Bhraji me difference batao-Name one woman in Mahabharat who had managerial skills-Who was Draupadi?-Draupadi ki wajah se Mahabharat hui thi, agree krti ho ki disagree-One woman leader in mythology(I had no idea about Mahabharat or Ramayan or mythology, they were randomly asking anything)-Came back to draupadi even though I mentioned I had no interest in mythology-Kaha se ho? (Kanpur)-Language used in Kanpur (I said Kanpuriya)-Chalo fir ek Kanpuriya joke sunado jaldi se (wasn’t able to think of any at that point of time)-Acha kanpur se ho toh ek kabir ka doha hi sunado (wasn’t able to recollect)-They came back to the joke part and said “ek Kanpuriya joke sunado fir pakka lelenge tumhe ”-Then they went on to my workex and asked why I left the job (explained)-Hobbies -reading writing jaisi koi hobby hai kya tumhari? (I said dancing)-Kaunsa dance pasand hai?-Kathak or freestyle dancing me difference batao-Bharatnatyam or Kathak me difference batao (mentioned their respective states but they asked for more reasons)-Mudras for Bharatnatyam (I said I don’t know)-“Chalo tumhari padhai pe aate hai thoda, economics se ho chalo economics ko hindi me kya kehte hai batao ”-Current India’s GDP-Agriculture share in GDP-Why have you filled in for ABM as well?-A question related to my personal experience I mentioned and asked if it was morally correct or ethically correct-How many people in the WAT were wearing red tie in your panel? (I randomly said 3)-They asked me to point towards the chair where they were sitting (I pointed out randomly)-Why are you not wearing a tie?-Ladkiyo ko tie pehnna mana hota hai kya?-Again asked the same question and said “mana nahi hota toh tumne kyu nahi pehni”-Okay you can go now A very weird and random interview. They were laughing throughout the interview. Not a great experience honestly. IIM-L Interview Experience 45 Profile: 95/93/8.25B.Arch16 months Workex Venue: ITC KAKATIYA, HYDERABAD WAT Topic: What would a global Cyber-War look like? We were given 15 mins to think and write. Two Panelists, both Male, both early 50sP1, P2, M P2: Please give us your personal data formP1: So, Jyoti, tell me a little bit about yourself.M: ToldP2: Why is x⁰=1? Prove it.M: Can I take a moment sir? (I was trying to relate my 12th maths, but nothing came to mind, I lost touch with maths long back)M: Sorry Sir, unable to think of anything.P1: How long you’ve been in Vizag? And why Vizag? You’re an Odiya, no?(Had mentioned that dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot)M: Father retired here sir, we had to move with him.P1: Jyoti, according to Hindu Mythology, when we enter any space, toilet shouldn’t be on the left (I think he meant according to Vaastu). Why do you think it’s at the entrance of the hotel room?(smiling a devil smile, since as architects we’ve worked so much on toilet details xD)M: Told him it was due to the pipelines that need to be placed to take out the sewage, if we kept the toilets out, we’ll see ugly pipes all over the building and no one likes that. Also, the balcony space reduces.(P2 silently nodding)P1: Jyoti, since you’ve been in the hall below and I’m sure you must’ve been around the hotel, how do you think the architecture of the building is?(Oh, he’s making it too easy xD)M: Told him how ITC had a portfolio of hotels that were all PLATINUM LEED rated, green buildings. All the hotels combined classic and contemporary architecture, various color schemes, thought of minute details (there was a shoe polisher in the washroom – I was impressed by such detailed thinking)P1: How so you think is the architecture of this room?M: The room has a whole big balcony and grand view of the city. Ample sunglight and cozy interior makes it even more better.(P1 was trying to gauge my undergrad knowledge, I was happy)P2: What factors would you consider while designing an office?M: Gave him an example of how if he was to approach me to design his office, how the process would go about.P1: What’s the area of Vizag in Sq. Kms?(Haha, gotcha – P2)(uh-oh)M: Can I take a guess sir? I don’t remember the exact figure!P1: Why? Recently the CM decided that it will be the capital of AP and every detail was mentioned in the report.M: Sorry sir, but I’ll definitely take a look at it later.P2: Why do you want to leave architecture and do an MBA?M: Sir, I don’t actually want to leave it, but want to continue with it in the long term vision, where I create my own startup on sustainable housing (explained in detail)(before I could say, and that’s why MBA, they asked another question)P1: Do you think architecture and Vaastu can function together?M: Told that Vaastu Shastra and Architecture should have a balance. Vastu is also based on Science. (Explained a little bit more)P2: How do you calculate the cost of a project?M: Told.P1: What is the Bill of Quantities you just mentioned and how do we calculate it?M: Told. Told him that unit price of a material and some samples are shown to the client and he chooses according to budget and then we calculate how much of that material is used.P1, P2 – Okay I think we’re done. That’s it. Thank you.M – Thank you sir. Should I send the other candidate in?P1 – No, we’ll call him. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 46 Hyderabad 25 Feb afternoon slot9/9/8 CAT percentile: 98.812 Panelists (P1- Marketing, 35yr old, P2- HRM, 55yr old) P1: Introduce yourself and why IIM lucknow. ToldP1: IIM Lucknow vs IIM Calcutta and what you will choose. Chose lucknow & they were laughingP2: Asked about Kanpur. ToldP2: Asked about institutes in Kanpur and the textile industry in there. (couldn’t tell about textile) P2: UP Global investor summit. ToldP2: Ganga cruise ship model in India and govt steps. (told something) P2: Something about river tributaries. (Could tell) P1: Club related question during college. (Told) Duration: 15min IIM-L Interview Experience 47 Noida campus8/9/7 Bcom venky DUCat – 85.56 SC category P1- Introduce yourselfMe: Little background, Told about upsc with economics optional , hobbies , long term goal integrated why mba Meanwhile P2 playing all sort of tricks already , got up midway my intro , walked across and started eating kaju badam P1- You graduated in 2020 still fresher ?Me: Told fascination towards public policy that world of newspapers introduced me to , devoted my 2 years of hardwork P1- Whats up with your upsc journey?Did you write any mainsMe: No missed marginally in my 2 nd attempt P1- What were your subjects in economics ?Me: Micro , macro, international econ, development econ P1- Asked about sri lanka crisisAnswered P1- Someone commented that India would go on same path if it introduced such policies like sri lankan, tell me the name and the policy they were talking about ? Me: Did try to draw parallel about the populist measures that sri lanka introduced to please sinhalise population and how india could have gone that wrong path had they introduced deep tax cuts in budget to please voters for general elections 24 However told i couldn’t recollect the specific policy and name of the person P1- What is price ceiling?ToldP1- The products its applicable to ?Couldn’t answer however told essential commodities P1- What is drawback of price ceiling?Told distorts market mechanism of demand and supply P1- How would you rate yourself on this answer?Told 6.5- 7 P1- How else could you have answered it?Me: Same but couldn’t think of any commodity that it is currently applicable to P1 to P2 He desrves less than 6.5 P2- You are from MP..What river flows thru sarangpur ? ( town i am from)Told kali sindh , Tributary of chambal P2- Where does chambal originate?Told mhow near indore and It joins yamuna in UP We’re doneYou can leave MBA Advice | Should I Join New IIMs or Repeat for CAT Exam? | Are New IIMs Worth Joining?   Access our CAT 2022 Course Here Read All WAT-PI Experiences For ‘FREE’ Here 1000 Students Made it to IIMs in 2020-21 from CATKing Family. Be The Next! Join Now! Also, Read IIM Indore Experiences|IIM Shillong Interview Experiences|10 tips to crack CAT CAT Exam: Dealing with RC passages|Important quant topics for CAT Note: This page will be updated regularly as and when we receive IIM Lucknow Personal Interview Experiences directly from students and trusted sources Preparing for CAT? It is the exam to get admission into any of the IIMs. Also, the CAT exam is considered the toughest of all exams. After the exams, it is equally important to prepare for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. In this article, you will know more about the IIM Lucknow real PI experience shared by candidates. IIM-L Interview Experience 1 WAT AssessmentHigher pay- is it a solution to corruption? There were 8 candidates in the group exercise. 15 minutes were allotted to the candidates for testing their respective written ability skills. I wrote about the pros and cons of higher pay directly leading to the change in mindset of money-hungry people. Talked about the scams by people receiving a fat pay check, like Rajat Gupta the first Indian CEO of a Multinational firm, MCKINSEY. He was indicted for insider trading when he was finance director of GOLDMAN SACHS. I also, highlighted various aspects of ethics, which should be taught, starting right from childhood. I talked about various scams that have earlier taken place in India like the 2G scam, chopper scam, and CWG scam and stated how demonic is the stature of these crimes due to the big names linked to it. I also added the point how India is a corruption driven country, and what are the necessary steps required to provide a solution to the problems. I also gave examples of the ways the problem of corruption can be curbed in the country. i mentioned about Jan Lokpal Bill, and the initiative taken for transparent governance, which might turn out to be one of the most important steps. Personal Interview:The interview lasted for about 15-20 minutes. There were 2 panelists, a Lady of around 40 years and a Sir of around 55-60 years. Panel 1: Tell me something about yourself.Candidate: I told them about my schooling, the place where I was born and brought up, recalling my journey from a small town of Midnapore to Jadavpur and how topping there gave me self-confidence and self-belief. I also mentioned how my internship at Ericsson as a consultant gave me the required push towards management, and told them my hobbies and interests. Panelist 2: What principles of Arya Samaj did you learn in DAV – will it help you in management?Candidate: I was quite awestruck, but I cogitated and gave the answer. I told them I learnt perseverance, ethics, and integrity, which would help me more in handling a good business rather than being only successful. I told them how we were made to perform ‘havans’ and yoga in our extra period in school, and how they help me concentrate and focus better on the work that’s in hand. Panelist 2: (Seemed satisfied, but then asked) Can you tell me the name of a company that works with absolute ethics?Candidate: Was caught absolutely off guard! I told them about TATA, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and the way Bill Gates invested most of his income in philanthropic activities. But my biggest mistake was to take the name of Reliance. (Beware guys, do not tell anything which is not under the purview of your knowledge or understanding!!) Panelist 2: Haha!! Did you just say Reliance? My boy, you need to do some homework!!! The baton was then taken by the Female Professor, who was a little scary!! Panelist 1: Okay X, you have done secondary market research. Can you tell me what this secondary market research is?Candidate: I explained that basically when you do a market study of the paper and information collated by a huge market research or consultancy firm like Gartner, PWC, Deloitte, etc., then that is called secondary market research. Panelist 1: (Was pretty satisfied.) Then asked me what I had done in the project?Candidate: I told them about my research areas, which were basically the upcoming technologies related to the Internet of Things, like cognitive computing, mobile financial services, automation of vehicles, future networks, etc. Panelist 1: Can you tell me a real scenario where you could apply IoT?Candidate: This was the best phase of my interview (smile)!! I started by telling them that I have a startup idea based on the Internet of Things, which I would like to share with them. (Interviewers got excited!!)Sir, I have got a business idea in line with OLA and Uber cabs. Sir/ma’am, we can connect sensors to our electrical lines. We would provide mobile phones to the electricians in a neighborhood and connect the sensors to the respective mobile phones. Whenever there is a fault in the electrical line, the nearest electrician would be notified of the problem. By GPS, the nearest mobile phone will be connected, and he can come and fix the problem. In this way, we can have things connected, like the electrical line to the net, and can bring it under the purview of the Internet. Panelist 1: (Seemed satisfied!!) Again, the male professor interjected and started asking questions. Panelist 1: Asked questions on probability distributions that I had studied in my engineering.Candidate: I told them about normal, Poisson, and Gaussian distributions. (Was expecting cross-questions and got extremely tense as I am not a stats guy.) Panelist 1: What is the basic difference between Poisson and binomial distributions?Candidate: I explained with examples, but he was not satisfied. The next question that was asked to me was quite shocking and a little funny. Panelist 1: Have you ever visited a saree shop with your mother? Do you know which is the most famous saree available in the Midnapore district?Candidate: Completely surprised!!! What sir? I don’t, sir, absolutely no idea! Panelist 1: You would become a manager one day, but to be a good one, you have to be aware of your surroundings. The place where you stay – what is it famous for? Which handicraft industry is famous in the Midnapore district?Candidate: I said terracotta, and how the idols and utensils made of terracotta are very famous. Panelist 1: (Not really satisfied.) Asked Panelist 2 if she had any questions? Panelist 2: (Said no.) Then both of them said thank you and asked me to leave. I thanked them and took a breath of relief as my most difficult interview finally got over. Verdict: Converted! IIM-L Interview Experience 2 Date: 19.2.2021 3:00 PMProfile:10th/12th/grad (GEM): 95/95.4/85.718-month work ex @ EXLP1 & P2 – Both male around 30-40 years oldStarted at 3:30PM P1: How are you?(Greeted both the panelists) P1: Show me your ID card.(Shown the Aadhaar) P1: Your username is “Suyash Mishra 4yr Ceramic Engineering”! Good, we won’t be asking anything from your B.Tech then. (Lol moment…I just smiled) P1: You are working, right? Are you on leave today or working? Did we disturb you? P1: What other calls do you have?(Replied ABCLKI) P2: Is this your first interview?(I replied Yes) P1: It’s great then. P1: I see you are creative and have various achievements. With this stellar profile, you can get into any consulting firm. What’s the purpose of doing an MBA?(Told them, but was interrupted after 3-4 sentences) P1: That’s okay. Didn’t you have clarity of career goals prior to choosing Ceramic Engineering?(Told, was interrupted again) P2: You said you explored things in your first half of graduation. How did you choose MBA?(Told but interrupted again. A few cross-questions on my internship at EY – answered) P1: How did you prepare for the interview? What do you expect us to ask you in this interview?(I told I read about past PI experiences and I expected a few clichéd questions like “tell me about yourself, MBA purpose, etc.”) P2: What did you prepare?(I said personal questions, work experience, and a few current affairs questions) P1: Tell me about the Binomial distribution.(Told) P1: Did you expect this question?(Said no, but I prepared for it) P1: Name your clients and what work you do for them.(Told I cannot disclose the names and was about to describe my work, but he interrupted) P2: We read it in your form what you do. Save it. Just name a few other organizations in the same category as your client.(Told) P1: You seem to be a gym-goer. Tell me, what’s the motivation?(Interesting exchange) P2: You have leadership experience. Do you plan to spread gym culture at IIM Lucknow?(Didn’t expect this…lol) P1: Why don’t you start a gym?(I was like…what?! Handled it …pheww) P1: Okay, I’m done. (And he walked away) P2: Tell me one thing you like about BHU.(Told) P2: What do you dislike? Is politics involved in every IIT? P2: You can easily get into EY.(Told and justified my stance for MBA again) P2: Okay, that’s it from me.(I said, “Can I have a question moment?” and then smiled) P2: Yeah…sure. No one was asking anything today, so I didn’t bother you. Here they said that will be all.All the best to you. (Extremely chill interview … no acads …nothing substantial from work ex…. just casual conversation… I don’t what happened there)Duration: ~15 mins IIM-L Interview Experience 3 Venue: IIM Lucknow Campus, NoidaProfile:10th: 95%12th: 91.8%Graduation: B.E Mechanical (Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh) – 85.7%Work Experience:10 months – Alstom India Pvt ltd. (7/17–4/18)2 years -. ZS Associates India (5/18- 5/20) WAT TopicGreed is good… (Time limit: 20 mins)I wrote about how historically greed has been an initiator of change. How greed is the cause of competition and the need to be innovative and evolving. Though I maintained the fact that greed has always had negative consequences. Ended with mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s quote “There is enough for everyone’s need but not for anyone’s greed”. Personal Interview Experience2 panelists I greeted the panelists, and they asked me to sit down. Interviewer 1: Show me your 10th, 12th, and graduation mark sheets.(He looked through my personal data form.) Interviewer 1: Looks at my form and asks "Sharma Ji, aap bhi Punjab se ho!" (Because of my graduation in Chandigarh.) Me: (Smiling inside for the positive start of the interview but trying not to get carried away)"No sir, I am from Himachal Pradesh. I studied in Chandigarh from 2013 to 2017." Interviewer 1: Looking at my pre-interview form."You have mentioned your current work experience at ZS Associates. Tell me about it." Me: Told them about how I am currently working on sales and marketing projects for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. I mentioned my current project, which had an estimated budget of $3 million for a marketing campaign that involved segmentation.(Interviewer 2 was looking at me with a poker face.) Interviewer 1: Curiously "So, how does the pharma market work?" Me: I explained the patient cycle and the process of availing drugs after an HCP writes a prescription, including the claims process. I had some understanding of the US market and could answer properly. Interviewer 1: Asked me about the metrics to be used and the matrix of qualitative and quantitative fields. Me: Answered. (They cross-questioned me, but most of them were clarifications related to the market.) Interviewer 2: (Still had a poker face on. He gets up and starts to walk out. I keep calm and focus on the conversation ahead.) Interviewer 1: With a satisfied look on his face "Ye sab toh theek hai, but koi leadership role ka experience hai?" Me: I had a long list of experiences for this. I mentioned my leadership role in the LMRC metro project, where I led a team of 30 operators to carry out production activities for international metro projects. I explained how I managed the workforce with diligence (leave management, daily activity tracker, 5S, Lean, etc.) despite production pressure to deliver cars for the UP state elections. Interviewer 1: Asked me detailed questions about my work. Me: Answered a few but ensured I highlighted my experiences. (Interviewer 2 comes back and sits again. Still no questions or comments from him.) Interviewer 1: Seemed satisfied with the answers and started a casual conversation."Online series dekhte ho?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 1: "Kahaan dekhte ho?" Me: "I have Hotstar and Netflix subscriptions." Interviewer 1: "Tum to Ameer ho!" (He was having chai-biscuit and it felt more like a chai-sutta conversation I’d have with my colleagues.) Me: "No sir, it’s feasible when you share the subscription." I also explained how Netflix has various plans and price brackets. Interviewer 1: "Calculate the cost per person for these plans." Me: Answered correctly. Interviewer 2: Finally gives in and starts asking questions."Okay, tell me whether correlation is causation." Me: Answered. I had discussed this with my flatmates one day, so I could explain in detail. I also used Regression as an example to explain the difference and how it establishes a mathematical relationship between variables. Interviewer 2: "Draw the graph of correlation R = -1." Me: Took a pad and drew the graph. (He looked at it and gave no reaction.) Interviewer 2: Starts a casual conversation. "Do you see stand-up comedy?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 2: "Do you know Kunal Kamra?" (I had seen his new stand-up two days back and had posted a John Lennon quote on my Instagram story.) Me: Discussed how Kunal Kamra uses comedy for political satire. I also mentioned the post and explained how humor acts as a means of expression, making the system uncomfortable and helpless, as it’s something they cannot easily counter. Interviewer 2: (Shook his head in affirmation and added additional details on the topic.) Me: (Nodded till he was done.) (He leaned back and looked at the old professor.) Interviewer 1: Goes through my profile and asks about the revenue of the companies I’ve worked for and my extra-curricular activities.(I mentioned being part of my university’s cricket team and dance club.) Interviewer 1: "Why didn’t you join the army? You mentioned you got through NDA SSB and were in the merit list." Me: Told him about my need to explore on my own and how I felt engineering was a better option for me at the time. (Spoke honestly about my choice, even though it wasn’t the best one.)(No reaction.) Interviewer 1: "Okay, I think we are done." Me: Got up and thanked them."Thank you, sirs. Have a nice day." IIM-L Interview Experience 4 Profile: Class 10 – 93Class 12 – 95CGPA – 6.9Interview: 1 Interviewer Interviewer: A very good morning. How are you? Me: Sir, a very good morning to you too. I am great and excited to participate in the interview. Interviewer: Well, great. May you introduce yourself? Me: I am ABC XYZ. I have completed my 10th standard in the year 2014 and my 12th standard in the year 2016 from PQR. In the year 2019, I completed my graduation from STP. I have worked as an SME at EHT for a period of N months. During the year 2020–2021, I was involved with QWE club as a core member, engaging in multiple activities of the club. Interviewer: You come from a good college. So, I hope you are through with all the Physics concepts. Can you tell me about the third law of thermodynamics? Me: Sir, thermodynamics talks about entropy. It states that the change in entropy is equal to the amount of heat transferred divided by the temperature of the system. Moreover, the entropy of the universe is increasing. Interviewer: So, do you really think that the entropy of the universe changes? Me: Yes, sir. The entropy of the universe increases indeed, and nothing has been found out which can disprove this theory. Interviewer: What do you mean by the change of entropy in layman’s terms? Me: To some extent, an increase in entropy can be correlated with an increase in disorder of the system. The more the entropy, the less orderly or more chaotic the system becomes. Interviewer: Well, tell me something. You know that we humans originate from monkeys. You must have observed monkeys. They jump up and down all the time. It can be said that they are in a state of high disorder. Whereas we humans are much calmer and are not as outrageous in our ways as the monkeys. But we developed from these monkeys. How does the second law of thermodynamics hold in this case? Me: Sir, as I have said earlier, it is the entropy of the entire universe that is on the increase as per the second law, not the individual components of the universe. Moreover, the disorder of an entity cannot be revealed through its physical activities alone. Interviewer: Still, can you give an explanation for this? Me: Well, even if we consider this, I can give you an alternate explanation. Monkeys may seem to be in a state of disorder as they keep springing and leaping from here to there, but their explorations are mostly restricted to a specific area, like a forest or a park. On the other hand, humans travel more. A person, on a daily basis, travels to multiple places, which are often far away from home. A person may travel to a different continent altogether, whether for holidays or business purposes. In this regard, a human might live in a more disorderly fashion than a monkey. This again is in tune with the second law. Interviewer: That seems fair. Well thought of. With this, we come to the end of the interview. All the best for the coming days. Me: Thank you very much, sir, for giving me this fantastic opportunity to sit for the interview. I hope I have given apt answers to your questions. Interviewer: You may leave. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 5 Profile: 95, 93.4, 9.16 (CAT: 99.95)BITS PILANI Chemical Engineering20 months worked in LogisticsProfessors: P1, P2. Shivam: S P1: What are you doing? S: (Started speaking about a video, but he stopped me.) P1: No, no, I mean are you working? S: Yes, Sir. At Delivery Private Limited. P1: What is your job role? S: (His video froze, I adjusted my screen) Explained my role. P1: What is your educational background? S: Sir, I have done my undergraduate in Chemical Engineering. I also went to NUS Singapore for my final year thesis. P1: Explain your thesis project. S: (Explained in great detail.) P1: So your project was related to Plastics. Which marine animal one should use to prepare plastics and why? S: I said brine shrimp because my project at NUS was related to that. But I gave random reasons. (He didn’t cross-question.) P1: Which ministry will you approach if you want to amend a policy in the plastics industry? S: (Said I don’t know.) P1: Who is the Chemical and Fertilizers minister? S: Sir, is it Devanand Gowda? (It is Sadanand Gowda.) P1: I am asking you this. S: (I smiled and said I am not sure.) P1: Who is the petroleum minister? S: (Couldn’t recall. Said sorry.) P2: Tell me three applications of math which are used in Chemical Engineering. S: Sir, Newton-Raphson, Simplex for LPP, differential equations for heat, and Navier-Stokes. P2: When is the simplex method used? S: (Explained. Talked about slack and surplus variable.) P2: No, no, don’t tell me the method. What is the starting solution? S: I said the first feasible solution would be X1 = X2 = 0. Then we find the intercept and perform the next iterations. P2: What is the bisection method? S: Sir, it is for root finding where the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0. P2: Which theorem is used that leads to the conclusion that the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0? S: (Said mean value theorem. I was not sure but tried to explain.) P1 (enters again): Who is XYZ? (Don’t remember the name he mentioned.) S: I don’t know. P1: So you don’t follow the news. S: Sir, I follow it, but I am unaware of this person. P1: So you come from Muzaffarpur. What is the historical significance of Muzaffarpur? S: (Told about how Muzaffarpur got its name and then spoke about Khudiram Bose and how his activities led to the rise of revolution in the Indian Freedom movement.) P1: Any medieval significance? S: (Talked about Magadha, Patliputra which is near Muzaffarpur, Gupta Dynasty, and Maurya Dynasty.) P1: What other calls do you have? S: Sir, I have calls from all the IIMs. P1: Old and new both? S: Yes, Sir. P1: Ok, you can log off. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 6 Lucknow had also very generously provided a fact sheet to brush up recent events in India and globally, which I went through diligently. So I was somewhat more confident on D-day. Visited Taj Bengal for the first time in more than 10 years. The panel consisted of a lady (L), and an older gentleman (G). The moment I took my seat, L: So Sambit you are into the theater! What kind of plays do you do?Me: (Aha! Area of strength!) I have done most of my acting in Bengali. In college, we generally re-enacted existing plays by the likes of Badal Sarkar, Bratya Basu, Utpal Dutta, etc. In Jamshedpur, we tried to put a little more of our creativity into the plays. We took some well-known stories of Tagore and others, and put in some original chunks to concatenate them, and presented them as a common theme. L: No I mean what have the themes of your plays been?Me: We have done everything from comedies, tragedies, political satire, to mythology. G: (cutting in) So being in the theatre circuit and all, what are your views on the debate going on about Freedom of Speech?Me: (Thank god for Google News) Sir I feel that whatever JNU students have said are definitely objectionable, however, morality and legality cannot be considered to be the same. It was wrong to have taken legal action against the students. G: (Slightly agitated) What are you saying! Have you seen the video where he is saying all that anti-national stuff?Me: Yes, but… L: (to G) Oh that video was doctored. It was a ploy of the politicians or the media.G: (to L) But how is it possible to edit a video so convincingly?L: They will do anything to create an issue.G: But they also had banners and signs saying the same thing.Me: sitting in awkward silence while the two panelists continue debating among themselves about the issue. Finally,L: So Sambit your final views on the matter?Me:(Remembering a quote but not who it was from) Ma’am all I would like to say is that I do not agree with what the students have said, but I will defend their right to be able to say it.L and G both look pleased. I hope this article helps you with your preparation. Keep going and All the very best! IIM-L Interview Experience 7 15/02/2021Panel 2Two panelists, both male BE ECEWorkex – 24 months, Data analyst P1: How has life been treating you these days?Me: I’m good (discussed my packed interview schedule with them) P1: So that’s good, you’ll get done early. So tell us about yourself.Me: (prepared answer) P1: How have you prepared for this interview?Me: spoke about life history, current affairs etc. P1: Acha, what should we question you on?Me: umm, football will be a good topic. P1: No, why football, why not cricket?Me: Not a big fan very honestly, gravitated towards football. P1: Okay what else then?Me: my work? P1: Everyone wants to talk about their work. Chalo tell us about your job.Me: (prepared answer) P1: What about statistics?Me: Okay sure sir. P1: Okay tell me a distribution other than the normal distribution.Me: gave a detailed answer on the binomial distribution. P1: What are type 1 and type 2 errors? Give examples.Me: Answered. Gave examples from my work itself. P2: What books have you read recently?Me: Spoke about Delhi by Khushwant Singh, The palace of illusions by Chitra Banerjee devakurni. Specifically spoke about the latter and the context of the book (written from the POV of Draupadi). P2: which other famous book has been written from the POV of a Mahabharata character?Me: didn’t know (stupid answer, it’s obviously the Gita) P1: So you’re an expert authority on the Mahabharata, which character do you relate to from the Mahabharata?Me: chuckled and said I’m no expert, both of them started laughing. I then spoke about Karan at length and how I’m a moral person. P1: You’re a moral person then why Karan? He was evil. So you support evil too?Here we had a really long back and forth on the definition of evil. How I felt it is very subjective and the Gita literally talks about a similar dilemma on Arjun’s mind. The panelist told me I would probably support Hitler but I stood my ground and told him that was clearly wrong, but in the Mahabharata’s context the moral ambiguities are quite apparent. P1: So will you sell poison to increase shareholder value?Me: Wouldn’t that be illegal? P1: Suppose you find a way, then?Me: I won’t, it doesn’t align with my principles.P1: Okay that’s what I wanted to know. P2: There’s only one great book by Khushwant Singh, in my opinion, which one is it?Me: this is the first time I’m reading him, so I don’t know that. P2: So this book on Delhi, what is it about?Me: Said it’s about the history of the city from the 13th till the 20th Century. P2: A very famous history professor passed away recently, who was he?Me: I’m unable to remember his name but I’m sure he was a faculty at DU.P2: Yes he was a professor at DU. P2: Why did you pick up this book by him?Me: Said how I was at the airport and was interested in the topic. P1: Any questions for us?I asked one question It felt like a borderline stress interview, but a good panel with quality questions. IIM-L Interview Experience 8 Cat 97.39 obc, work ex 3.5yrs P1: Are you working or studentMe: Working Sir P1: From where you did your graduation?Me: Answered P2: Where are you working?Me: Answered P2: What exactly you guys do?Me: Explained P2: How the crude oil is carried from exploration to site via truck or any other mode?Me: Explained in detail with difference between Piping and Pipeline P2: Do you know Cairne companyMe: initially said no, then panelist pronounced it correctly, I said yes I know P2: What is NRV?Me: Answered P2: Where it is placed?Me: Answered P2: In drawing, how pump is drawn?Me: Done P2: Draw NRV in thatMe: Done P1: What are your hobbiesMe: Trekking, teaching P1: What kind of teachingMe: I teach maths of school level for competitive exams P1: Is it CAT level?Me: No sir, it is school level, which is applicable for competitive exams P1: Is it for part time earnings?Me: No sir for part time earnings, I do society accounting stuff (no cross question) P2: Which other calls you got?Me: BCI, Cap along with L P2: So how many are done?Me: Sir done with C, cap interview and this is 3rd one P1: So you selected all 3 courses?Me: Explaining the glitch in form on day1 P1: So you guys initially fill all options in cat, and then when u get shortlist, u think this other field are not good acreer optionMe: Sir first part is right, in cat I did it, but in form because of glitch to be on safer side, I chose all 3 but it is not like other branches are bad, it’s just my inclination towards Operations. P1: So it is your preference, so you want to get considered for other two branches or not?Me: No sir, I am just looking for Pgp.P1: Ok we are done! IIM-L Interview Experience 9 Electrical and Electronics Engineering/NIT Calicut/FresherTwo panelists(Both males) M1 around 45-50 in age, M2 around 30-35 M1: So You got the first position in a quiz on Engineer’s day. Tell me who is (a very complicated south Indian name which I had never heard before) (grilling) M1: 1-2 Questions related to power systems (grilling) M1: Your grades were low during the 1st year…any reason?(gave the well-prepared answer, panelist nods in satisfaction) M1: so have you studied any management-related subject during your engineering? M1: Give your opinion on farm laws(after listening to my opinion, he initiated the conversation and gave his opinion on the same) M1: what are your interests?(told that I like to cook, playing badminton, football and have an interest in Stock Markets) Over to panelist 2M2: So you mentioned stock markets, have you traded before?(shared my experience during the stock market crash due to covid and lockdown) M2: tell me how do you choose a stock(explained in detail about the 4-5 parameters that I consider) M2: what is the P/E ratio? M2: what value of P/E ratio you would choose while choosing the stock?(explained the ideal P/E ratio and how it changes year on year basis and can’t be solely relied upon and other factors to be considered) (satisfied look from panelist) M2: what if I purchase a stock of P/E ratio lying between 30-40(explained with example) M2: okay one math question: draw the graph of y=square root (x)(drawn) M2: does it touch anywhere on the X-axisM2: Okay, thank you IIM-L Interview Experience 10 2 panelists Both Male one in 40s and other in his 50s P1- Asked where are you from P2- Give a short intro ( talked about that and last mentioned Saskhar Bharat Mission and my Job offer from TCS) P2- Asked about literacy P2- Asked why MBA and then told me to go to work with TCS rather doing an MBA( I gave my reasons for why I want to do MBA) P2- then mail to TCS and say that you don’t want their boring job P2- Asked about flip flops ( couldn’t answer and tried to divert but he came back) P2- Asked about Fourier transform P1- Gave me sequence questions and asked about it P1- if price of Wheat and data is increased what would I choose. P1- who manufacturers Ashirwad atta and how do they regulate the prices P1- what other calls do you have P1- you may leave IIM-L Interview Experience 11 2 panel members 1M (40+): Mostly a professor 1F (30+): Mostly an Alumni P1: Good morningMe: Good morning Sir and Ma’am P1: So you have graduated in 2018….your specialization?Me: Mechanical Engineering P1: Where do you work and what does the company do?Me: Answered P1: What does your team do?Me: Answered P1: As you work in the Oil and Gas sector, do you think India can move towards Renewable energy? What is your opinionMe: Gave an elaborate answer P1: What sources of news do you read?Me: Gave an answer and included that I’m interested in world affairs. Since I am interested in geopolitics I have also read S. Jaishankar’s “The India Way” which was recently published P1: So you are interested in geopolitics.. does geopolitics play a huge role in Energy sector? What is the impact of politics on the energy sector?Me: Gave an elaborate answer P2: What makes someone a huge failure?Me: Answered with example (They seem impressed) P2: You have mentioned a quote “Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes so learn from others”, some people say that MBA is a mistake so why not drop the idea of an MBA and take their advice?Me: Answered (Answer was okayish I guess) P2: You have written in your form that “With greater power comes greater responsibility”Give me an example of a person you follow, which has or had great power but failed miserably Me: Answered but I couldn’t think of a good example at that momentP2: Thank you! You can leave. Best of luck Pretty chilled out interview. Panelist were also in a good mood. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 12 CSE Major – 2019 passed out They were eating and asking 1. I thought you were going to come in normal dress why did you wear all formals? 2. For which course are you chosen? PGP / PGP ABM 3. What is your preference? 4. If you don’t get anything except PGP ABM – Will you join? – I said no 5. Show me your ID – showed PAN card 6. Which department issues PAN card? 7. Types of Taxes? 8. Difference between personal tax and GST? 9. √-12 x √-14? 10. If travel half the distance from source to destination and then again half of it and I will keep repeating – how much time will it take? – I said it will become an infinite series 11. How does it become infinite – the distance is limited right? 12. How do you find the continuity of a function? 13.1 If graph is not given? 14. Minister of social welfare? – couldn’t answer 15. Minister of external affairs, Finance minister? Time: 15-20 min Couldn’t answer anything properly.Overall it went very bad IIM-L Interview Experience 13 1M 1F (Both Soft Spoken) BBA (Finance and Accounting) Hello, How are you….Da da da F: So what are you doing nowadays? Walk us through your day to day activitiesTold (I mentioned that I’m trying to learn Intraday Trading) M: So when do you think markets are going to crash?Told him that I’m no expert in this M&F: Which all subjects did you have? What was you favourite subject in which you scored highestTold them the subjectsTold them that favourite subject and highest score subject are different M: Asked a random case, what kind of investment will you suggest a 60years oldShort Discussion happened F: You’re young, why don’t you travel or gain some experience and then get into the MBA? (Basically Why MBA)Told F: Jatin tell us something about yourself, like your greatest achievement or anythingAsked them if I can mention an achievement from personal frontThey said sureThen told. F: You’ve grown above your age Jatin. Be happy and all the best Thankyou  For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 14 Two panelists: F and M 1. M: We tried to connect to you but there was nothing, never mind. Tell something abt yourselfTold the practiced one 2. M: So you want to do a MBA, thus you will resign from your job or take a study leave.Sir my company gives sabbatical after 5 years of service only, although I would request them to offer me a sabbatical but if they don’t then will go for resignation. 3. F: So you work in a oil rig right?Yes Mam I am currently at a rig 4. F: So the oil prices are rising how your company is going to benefit from that.Mam the oil price have increased due to extra tax put on by state and central government. The crude oil prices are somewhat stable. But if crude oil prices increase my company is going to benefit from that as it has low price per barrel. 5. F: But if your company buys a downstream firm then how the petrol price fluctuation will affect you.Mam my company bought a downstream firm two years back. It helps to form a buffer zone to accommodate fluctuations. If crude oil prices increase then by default we benefit otherwise the downstream company will help us to earn benefits 6. M: So what are your hobbies?Sir Cooking, Reading and Watching Movies 7. M: So what you like to cook?Sir the most I like is to make chicken 8. M: You know only one thing to make and you say like cooking.No sir I can make from chappati to full course meal, chicken is something which I love to make. 9. M: How many types of chicken do you make?Sir I don’t have any count but I keep doing experiments. Recently during lockdown I learned to make a Turkish style chicken in which we fry the spices initially and add it to chicken in the end. 10. M: I love to cook myself thats why I am so eager. Ok what else was your hobby?Sir Watching movies and reading 11. M: What type of movies do you watch?Sir I like the movies from the director Christopher Nolan. Inception and Dark Knight Trilogy are my favorite. I also watch movies based on underworld and crime thrillers of Scorsese. 12. M: Ok So you watch Netflix series also?Sir I am not a Netflix series fan. I like the concept of Movie rather than of series 13. F & M: Ok Akshay It was nice talking to you. You may now log out.It was pleasure to talking you as well. Thank You Overall the interview was very calm. Both the interviewers were very accommodating and let me answer completely. I panicked in Tell Me about yourself as it was more than 90 minutes and there was no reponse from Admission Office. After a couple of calls I was able to activate my link. The interview took approx 10 to 15 minutes to complete.Thanks. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 15 GEM7 months experience in telecom. P1Why MBA after engineering? What are EM waves ? Explain 5G STA implementation of 5G? (My Btech Project) Questions on implementation of 5G and India’s struggle P2The questions related to my SOP P3Now Why MBA? You should continue with engineering related field I believe, you will do well. Current Affairs- Reliance Oil to chemical biz. Stress Interview, panelists were cutting down every now and then. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 16 Two panelist male(very old and arrogant) and female (young and smiling) entire interview:: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why grad marks are low 3. Are you good at maths 4. Political leaders from your state 5. 1+logx graph 6. X intercept of above graph 7. 5/10+55/100+555/1000+5555/10000……. 8. (1+x)**n expansion 9. Definition of π 10. No of constituency 11. Why scored low in 3 rd year as I gave reason for first two years only 12. Why are you double minded 13. What will be your specialization?? 14. What do you do in your free time (said cricket)Answered all of em and they were satisfied except one question thought interview was going well) 15. Don’t you read books ??(I said I don’t read ) 16. Even one book??Chetan Bhagat answered(All of us laughing) 17. Are you good at English??(This was the worst mistake I did )I said i am okay with it not as good as mathsThey asked spelling of accessoriesIf you answered you will be selected if not rejected serious and sad faces from them????Spelled wronglyFinally they said it’s okTry it for next year you will be doing fine you don’t get selected this year. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 17 Bsc maths hons.Fresher Asked about sri Venkateswara college Then applications of mathematics in business(I gave the example.of marginal cost and revenue). Next follow up quesn. On marginal revenue. A quesn. Of the shortest path for an ant to travel along the longest diagonal of a cube but not through the longest diagonal. Cabinet minister in delhi and about legislative assembly. Then quesn. On signature bridge. (What’s special about it) Why have I done Mathematics if I wanted to do an MBA as maths required for an MBA is done by 12th. . (Countered him by saying the importance of mathematical modelling in Business) Next quesn. On Covid mathematical modelling. (That there were many models done in march -april on covid, are they are all in futility?) .(Countered it ) Then what do you like apart from mathematics and why?(Said marketing) Difference between sales and marketing? Since I’m a Goyal- Baniya , next quesn about that. Who was the first baniya? ( I didn’t knew) And then he told me answer was Maharaja Agrasen, then I remembered. And that was it.(There were two people in the panel but only one asked the questions throughout the interview)(Seemed like a friendly conversation rather than an interview) Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 18 I have Work-Ex P1: What calls do you have?-told P2: Which interviews are over?-told P2: How was Calcutta?-told that they asked only math and gk. Got one math wrong and one gk wrong. P2: So we will not ask math and GK. P1: hobbies?– told I like sports cars, I like researching about them. P1: I have 10 lakh rupees, recommend me some car.– did P1: Why MBA? Which specific domain?-told P2: Tell me your future plans regarding your career in that domain?-told P2: Any questions for us?– asked why didn’t they ask me anything? P2: (laughed) your grades are good and consistent, You have a good job which pays well, no gap years, answers were convincing. You tell me what should we ask.– at this moment I was like ” wow, what did I even do, why are they praising me”– told them they can ask about my job and the projects I am working. P1: (smiled) Tumko jo kehna hai kaho– told them about the projects in my job. P1: very impressive, you can log off now It was over within 15 mins, and I don’t even know how that happened so damn smooth. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 19 Two Panelists(1M 1F), Me (A) M: Show your IDA: Should I screen share it or show the original? M: Original. Screen share can be a fake tooA: * weird smile * Showed the ID M: Tell me a jokeA: A kid and his fat aunt are walking below a bridge. The kid stops and lets the aunt walk. When the aunt asked him why did he stop, he replies, ” There is a that sign which says let the heavy vehicles pass first. ” M: Laughs and says, dont you think that this is a sexist joke?A: No sir, I dont think there is so much to think about this. M: If you replace the fat aunt with a fat uncle, will it be funny?A: To me, it’ll be. M: Let me tell you a joke. * Tells that joke where a kid asks his parents how we are born and the father says, the your mother’s family evolved from monkeys”. Is this a sexist joke?H: No sir, it is not. M: Why?A: Coz no one knows what happened to the father after that. May he RIPM: Laughs out loud F: You are funny. Do you have a boyfriend?A:Yes ma’am, I do. F: Can you hide your emotionsA: No ma’am struggle with that. F: Since you like taking a dig on men, does your boyfriend feel bad about dating you?H: Why will he feel bad? If he had, he wouldn’t have taken the first step F: * smiles*M: Next time someone asks you to tell a joke, tell a gender neutral joke.A: Sir, I will replace fat aunt by fat uncle and conduct a social experiment. Thank u sir!  Done. Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 20 F1, F2 – Male (40 years) F1 – Show us one of your identity proofsShown F1 – Introduce YourselfGave an well prepared answer F2 – So, you are from Civil Engineering!!Yes, Sir. F2 – Why your grades are low in UndergraduationTold that organized more than 10 events continuously. But topped in the 8th sem in the batch. F2 – What is Cantilever BeamAnswered F2 – Draw a Cantilever beamDrawn F2 – Show me the cross section of a cantilever beam if I cut that at a point PDrawn F2 – Draw the Shear Force Diagram and Bending Moment Diagram of that thing.SFD was correct, BMD was wrong F1 – Why there are gaps in the Roads?Told about to bear stress and all. F1 – Draw what have you saidOut of scope. So, Don’t know. F1 – While marching on a Bridge, the footsteps are not matched. Why?Don’t know sir. But will take a guess.Due to slight Oscillation of the bridge F1 – So, you are from Odisha. Tell me one famous person from there apart from Naveen BabuSaid about Dharmendra Pradhan F1 – So, is there not any other famous personalities other tham him in the pas too?Told about Ex-PM P V Narsimha Rao contesting from my constituency (he said ok, great) F1- Ok, X. Thank You for your time. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 21 IIM LUCKNOW Interview Experience – 23/02/2022 Panel 7Two male panelists Q. Hello. What other calls do you have?Q. Tell us something about yourself.Q. How many people do you have in the family?Q. You have a dog? What’s the breed?Q. Why a Rottweiler? They are said to be dangerous.Q. Where did your father work?Q. What was his post?Q. What is this graduation course? (BSc Electronics)Q. How is it differnet from BTech?Q. Why this uniquish course? Why not Btech or standard sciences?Q. What is the difference between Telephone and Mobile?Q. What is AND Gate?Q. Asked to draw AND Gate. Thank you. The interview was okay. No grilling just normal convo.The ending felt a bit abrupt. They just said thank you and left the meeting. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 22 IIM L Interview Experience – 24/02/2022 Work ex 25 months- Pharma consulting and shoe manufacturing85.5/91.4/8.66 Panel 2 one male one female 1. Tell me about yourself2. What is your family background3. Comment on the statement – Having a sibling is better than being a single child3.a advantages of being a single child?4. Tell us a bit about your work in pharma sector5. Why did you leave your job?6. How does Indian Pharma differ from american pharma?7. What is reference pricing?(Did now know last 2)8. What other calls do you have.? Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 23 IIML Interview Experience: 24 Feb 2022 Work Ex – 18 months – Software Engineer, Versa Networks10th – 91, 12th – 85,Grad – 8.4 (IIT Tirupati, Computer Science),CAT – 99.85 Panel 11 M1: Tell me about yourself?Why MBA ?What all other calls do you have ? M2:What all mathematics related courses do you have during Btech ?(Told Prob-stats, Complex number, Engineering mathematics) Why complex number ?How is it relevant to CSE ?Tell me expansion of e^x?Diffentiation of e^x?Approximate value of e?Tell some more mathematical values like e.What is Golden ratio ?Tell me different probability distributions.Tell me about normal distribution.Its Probability function? Duration : 8-10 minutes. Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 24 IIM Lucknow interview experience (Panel 11) – 24 Feb 202297.65 CAT, B.A. (Hons.) English, 32 months work exTwo panelists, both male. One in his late 30s or early 40s. The other in his 50s. P1:1. Tell us something about yourself.2. Why MBA3. Why did you study English literature?4. You are from motilal nehru college (Evening). What does this evening mean here?5. Is that the student’s choice or does the college allot it?6. So, why did you choose evening college?7. So, do you regret pursuing English literature? P2:So, you have studied English literature. 1. What is a sonnet?Explained. But grilled on this. 2. What are other kinds of poetry?Named a couple. 3. Who wrote the canterbury tales? 4. Who wrote Paradise Lost? 5. You must have read Shakespeare as well?Yes, sir. A bit. 6. Can you name some tragedies written by him?Named four of them. 7. Now pick any one of these and recite some lines from it.Could not do it. 8. What do you think is the impact of the French language on English literature? 9. Have you not studied cooperative literature? (Figured out after the interview that he meant comparative literature. I could not understand it because of the way he said it.) No, sir. Hearing of this term for the first time. P1 (entering again):So, what other calls do you have?Told. So what is your ranking of IIMs?Told. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 25 IIM LUCKNOW interview experience ( panel 7 ) – Dt: 24/02/2022T.Y.BMS finance fresher P1. TMAYP2. So you said that you do trading, what is alpha and beta of a stock ?P2. Why do you not use alpha and beta while trading ?P2. What are the basics of trading ?P1. I think this entire trading thing is useless, different people are buying and selling at the same time, is it right ?P2. Do you use fundamental analysis while trading ?P1. Can I short a stock for more than 30 days ?P1. This entire stock market is based on emotions, isn’t it useless ?P2. What are the different patterns and candles that you use for trading ?P1. What has been your ROI of trading ?P1. When did you start trading ?P1. Then you should come and teach us instead of we teaching you…? (Why MBA)P1. Thank you. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 26 IIML Interview Experience: 25/02/2022 Work Ex – 18 months – Software Engineer, Versa Networks10th – 91, 12th – 85,Grad – 8.4 (IIT Tirupati, Computer Science),CAT – 99.85 Panel 11 M1: Tell me about yourself?Why MBA ?What all other calls do you have ? M2:What all mathematics related courses do you have during Btech ?(Told Prob-stats, Complex number, Engineering mathematics) Why complex number ?How is it relevant to CSE ?Tell me expansion of e^x?Diffentiation of e^x?Approximate value of e?Tell some more mathematical values like e.What is Golden ratio ?Tell me different probability distributions.Tell me about normal distribution.Its Probability function? Duration : 8-10 minutes. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 27 IIM L Panel 4 – 25/02/2022Morning slotCat -99.65Academics- 79.8/95/73.5FresherB.A. (hons) Economics F1:- 1. How are you felling2. What are 2 economic policies u like and don’t (budget policies for transport and make in India for like, crypto tax and demonetisation for don’t like)3. What is crypto?4. Can it be used to buy commodities?5. What is repo rate6. What is reverse repo rate7. Can u explain different types of crypto’s M1:- 1. Why did you not find demonetisation good as a policy (Had a discussion on demonetisation for a long time where I mentioned some cons and M1 mentioned pros)2. What are your plans after MBA3. What is difference b/w marketing and sales?F1:- 1. Do you know 2 economists from India Who won Nobel prize for economics2. Who was Amartya sen3. What is developmental economics4. What is Inclusive growth5. Any questions for us? Very very friendly panel. I was not able to answer a few questions but they did not grill on those. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 28 IIML PGP-SM – 25/02/2022Panel2 1. Tell me about yourself in brief?2. Why PGP-SM?(Tried to grill a bit)3. Define ethics?(Tried to grill a bit)4. What do you do in your free time?5. How do you identify if a video is authentic or not? (Tried to grill a bit)6. It is seen that in states/nations rich in minerals there is a increase in poverty?7. What is the most pressing issue going around the world?8. Russia- ukran will lead to world war 3. Comment on it. Overall tried to grill a little bit but they were chill. Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 29 IIM L Panel 5 – 26/02/2022 Profile- GEM, 2.5 years work ex in IT 1. Tell me about yourself2. Have you read the complete works of Swami Vivekananda3. What is ohms law4. What is flip flop5. What is op amp6. Asked about work ex- what tools do you use for testing, write test cases for a payment interface of an e commerce website (cross questions)7. What is your take on Russia Ukraine Crisis8. What is your take on India abstaining from the vote9. What other calls do you have? Practice from actual CAT Mocks and score 99.99%ile IIM-L Interview Experience 30 IIM L Interview Experience – 26/02/2022 Mech engineer, 95/95.8/82.76/99.7 Panel 1 1. Tell me about yourself2. Do you know about normal and Gaussian Distribution?3. What is 6 sigma?4. What is the significance of 6 in 6sigma?5. What is sigma?6. What do you know about economics? ( Told about disguised unemployment, learnt it in school, professor explained that back to me)7. What is NITI Aayog, who is the chairman?8. Who heads Rajya Sabha?9. President of India? Overall it was not a good experience, I had no idea of the statistics questions they asked. I thought they would ask me about mechanical engineering. Learnings from the interview: Brush up basic statistics and know who’s who in the world and the country. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 31 IIML Interview Experience:26th Feb 2022, 3:30-5:00 Panel 10 , GEM, 30 months Workex 1. Tell me more about your work experience2. Since you are working in your core domain, What is the difference you see between curriculum and industry. Give 2-3 specific examples.3. Do you want to completely switch your domain , why exactly you want to persue MBA.4. You are in a PSU, will you take a study leave? (I said i was not eligible for it as of now ). Then why are you taking the risk, why not wait for 2-3 yrs.5. Tell me about a country that is facing economic crisis.( I said Sri Lanka, they asked about a country part of both Asia and Europe).. I said Turkey, and told that inflation was skyrocketing there and its currency devalued, but i did not follow the story in detail so i am not aware of the exact reasons for the same Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 32 26th Feb 2022, 2:50-4:20 Panel 6, GEM, 42 Months workex. 1. Would you like to to introduce yourself?(Mentioned my interest in stock market)2. Do you invest in stock market? Whats your portfolio size?3. Stock market is a gamble. Only sentiments govern it, whats your opinion?4. Investing is boring then whats the fun in doing it?5. Some people say that RIL is a ethically corrupt company, do you agree?(I work in RIL)6. Tell me one highlight of the work that you do in RIL7. Whats TQM (total quality management), lean manufacturing?8. How do you track continuos improvement opportunities in your company?9. Why didn’t you take study leave for MBA preparation? Then grilled me a little bit that i am doing mba just to leave my current job.10. What will you choose PGP or PGP-SM? Why?11. What will happen to RIL if you leave for MBA (both laughing) Overall they were smiling alot and kind of a very casual conversation, didn’t grill much just alot of cross questions. For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 33 Date: 23 Jan 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30Panel: 4 Profile: GEM, 10/96.6/9.5, 99.78%ileWork ex: 13 mo (till 31 July ‘22) Documents verification till 2PMWAT Topic: Equity is a utopia (10-15 mins. No additional time to think) Interview Duration: ~20 minutesPanellists: M/M (Both in 40s)Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone. P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too? I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Also read: IIM interview questions IIM-L Interview Experience 34 Profile:X: 95XII: 95.6B.Tech CSE: 82.6Gen, CAT: 99.88Working from Jul 22, so only 1 month WAT topic: India is not an emerging economy, rather a re-emerging economy, 15 mins and 300 words Tell me about yourself How can a hacker get access What issue do you think was there with AIIMS servers Difference between python and c# How to convert C# to python Why MBA now, why not work for some years Are you applying because you don’t like your job? Asked about other calls and asked why I did not convert some of them Inflation rate in India WAT (15 min)- Next recession will be due to cryptocurrencies PI (20 min)1. Why you choose PGP & ABM both? What kind of exposure in ABM? Grilled on ABM for 5 minutes 2. Many random things about Ahmedabad (native place) 3. About my college 4. Day to day activities in current work ex & tools used in project management 5. What calls you have? (Told that I have B, C, L, I) then asked Which one you will choose? Also read: IIM L interview experience   IIM-L Interview Experience 35 Profile BE mechanical NC obc 96.71 percentile10-94, 12-94, grad 8.2Work experience 58 months WAT: Equity is utopia.. Why MBA, why not executive..??Answered… Lots of talk on that.. Working principle of electric vehicle.. Answered.. Working principle of hybrid vehicle… Asked about work experience details.. Answered.. Again talk on why are u wasting time to do on MBA.. How many promotion u got.. Why are u staying in same company for this long.. Answered Why inflation is happening..?? Current inflation rate in India..?? How to control inflation..?? Why entire global is facing inflation..?? Why lots of lay off happening..?? Whats happening currently in Pakistan…?? What’s happening in turkey..?? Why europe is facing energy crsis…?? Integrate log x That’s all…Overall it was very chill interview… No grilling… Expect that why not executive…?? Grilled a lot on that… IIM-L Interview Experience 36 23rd Jan – Mumbai – 12:30pm – Panel 1Profile – 9/7/6Cat – 90.11% WAT – Markets are a great equaliser.(No time to think, 15 mins time) Two Panelists Say P1 and P2.P1 in his mid 30sP2 in his mid 40s I went inside. Greeted them.P1 – Have a seat .He started directly with, “Did you notice the paintings in the waiting room where you were sitting right now?”Me – I think I have missed it but I’ll make sure to take a look afterward.P1 – Didn’t you see clearly around you? ( He started grilling right from the start)Me – I’ll take a look afterwards. I missed it .(Note – I went in the waiting room after the interview to check the paintings, there weren’t any. so yes they were successful in bringing my confidence down)P1 continued – Let it be. What is AI.ME -AnsweredP1 – What is chatGpt?Me – Answered.P1 – Don’t you think if the AI becomes mature , we humans are going to lose all our jobs.Me – I took a stand saying complete elimination of the Human workforce is not possible. We’ll need less workers who’ll be highly skilled and task will be supervision of this AI.P1 – He counter questioned with how did I come up to the interview location? ( He was trying to establish a point that We are already dependent on Google Maps)Me – I stood firm on my perspective. That maps have also been prepared by Human. He seemed satisfied with the answer.P1 – is technology bringing us closer ?Me – AnsweredP2 enters. He was playing a bad cop roll.P2 – Explain your work ex .Me – AnsweredP2 – Few questions related to Work ex ( grilled me a little) he went into statistics as I’m a Data Analyst)Me – Answered.So I have a Mtech Degree already and I’m going for MBA now. So he said in Hindi. Umar kya he tumari? I said 25. He was like aarey tum toh shadi vaadi karlo yaar. Kyun padhna he . I told him why. Seemed satisfied.P1 comes back – what do you do in your leisure timeMe – answered.P1 – some questions related to hobbies. He went deep in it.Me – answered everything.P1 – Who’s the CEO of Microsoft, Who’s the owner of Microsoft, What is the parent company of Google, Who is the CEO of Meta.Me – Answered allP1 – so don’t you think instead of going out our youth should stay back in India and work here onlyMe – I agreed with him and told him why it is not happening. He seemed satisfied. P2 – Okay that’s it. Thank you.Interview was around 25 mins. I was shattered by the first two questions. No tell me about yourself nothing. They caught me in the Paintings question but I somehow managed to keep it together. Overall Good experience. They are not letting you to be the driver of the interview.  So, just keep calm and be confident. Also read: WAT PI for IIM IIM-L Interview Experience 37 8/7/8Cat – 95.3 with 27 month work-exMany extracurricular IM spec3 panelist – late 40s, early 50s, late 30s – all malePretty cool interviewers but might dig deep and go to the core of what made you say certain answers 1. about yourself apart from resume/application (mentioned trekking)2. Asked me a trekking experience3. Why MBA even tho in MBB4. Follow up on above5. Follow up 2,3,4… on above6. Still not clear but why SPJ7. Why not other IIM8. What specific in tech industry you like IIM-L Interview Experience 38 Date 28th Jan WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes– Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy– Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon– Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name– Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon– Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud– Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ?– Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 39 Date: 23 January 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30 PMPanel: 4 Profile Summary Category: GEM (General Engineer Male) Academics: 10th: 96.6% 12th: 96.6% Graduation: 9.5 CGPA CAT Percentile: 99.78%ile Work Experience: 13 months (till 31 July 2022) Process Document Verification: Completed by 2:00 PM WAT Topic: Equity is a Utopia Duration: 10–15 minutes Details: No additional thinking time provided. Interview Details Duration: ~20 minutes Panel Composition: Two male panelists (Both in their 40s) Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone.P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure the unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too?I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Courses for IIM GDPI – Register now IIM-L Interview Experience 40 Date: 28th JanLocation: Bangalore WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes – Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon – Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud – Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ? Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 41 Profile- 10/9/8Cat – 99.42% 2 MaleM1 – Tell me about yourselfMe – Told the rehearsed answerM1- So you like cricket, then give us the technical reason due to which a ball swingsMe – gave the basic reasonings for the swinging of the ball but couldn’t give the techn answerM1 – What are your fav subjects?Me – ML, Oops, mathsM1- Only these many, didn’t you go to college for 4 years, tell me moreMe- DBMS alsoM1 – What is BCNFMe – Explained the entire process of normalisation(1NF, 2NF etc)M1 – What is partial dependency?Me – explained and even wrote an exampleM1- What is inheritance?Me – ExplainedM1- why do you need parent class if child class has all the features of the parent class?Me – explainedM1 – What is polymorphism?Me – explained with an exampleM1 – cross questioned me on the example M2 – So what do you read, do you know anything about what is going on?Me – Read mint and somewhere along the lines inserted my liking towards financeM2 – Tell me about financeMe – Started yelling him about financial statements, how to evaluate a companyM2 – Tumhe toh sabh aata hai, phir kya zaroorat hamaari?Me- Explained how I only knew the theory and how you guys will help with practical skills, also added their slogan somewhere in between.M2 – Started questioning me about cash flows and how a cash flow sheet looks and we had a discussion about it.M2 – Who is president of India?Me – answeredM2 – Vice president?Me – dont knowM2 – neighboring countries of India?Me – answered (but I missed China)M2 – you missed the biggest threat to IndiaM2 – any female president of our neighbouring states who is famous rt now?Me – dont knowM2 – Extempore now, what do you want to speak on?Me – CricketM1 – old generation of cricketers are saying that t20 is destroying test matches – extemporeMe – spoke for about 1-1.5 minM1 – Thank you Overall, the interviewers were quite chill. IIM-L Interview Experience 42 Date: 21 Feb 2023 12:30PMLocation: IIML Noida CampusProfile: GEM with 37 months workex in CRM WAT: Geopolitics- Are we on a verge of World War 3? Interview Exp:1. Tell us about Yourself2. What do your parents do?3. Campus Placement? What do u do in IBM?4. What is CRM?5. What do u do in your work?6. Inspite doing Civil Engg. Why pursuing career in IT?7. Why MBA?8. You can learn about MBA courses on youtube also, why IIM?9. How will your peers help you in learning and not pull you down?10. Why Punjab being so rich during independence has not been developed, infact it is continuously declining?11. Why there is no growth of IT and industrial sector in Punjab?12. Why brain drain from Punjab to Canada? And why only Canada not other countries?13. What is Khalistan movement that is emerging in Punjab?14. How a single report from Hindenberg can effect the economy as a whole?15. Has Adani done any scam? What are your views on it?16. What other calls do you have and your preference? Overall a chill pannel, Interview being conversational and derived based on my opinions on various topics. Lasted for around 10-12 minutes. SPJain Group Interview Experience ft. Prantik IIM-L Interview Experience 43 P1 :Q1 introduce yourselfInterrupted in betweenQ2 you are from IT background elaborate on budget relating to something announced by government in area of ITTold about sangram portalQ3: Major schemes announced by the government? Told 4-5Q4: currency of UK and USA (Told)Q5: Currency of Europe : forgot. Capital of srilanka: forgot although I knew answer but was kind of rapid fire so got nervousQ6 RBI Governor of India : toldQ7 Finance minister of India: toldP2:Q1 calculate chance of selecting 2 candidates out of 8 candidates-Mentioned ncr formula permutations and combinationsQ2 : what do you do in free timeTold hobbies and i tnterest dancing and reading about current happenings in IT feildQ3 name 5 dance forms in IndiaMentioned kathal bharatanatyam bihu BhangraQ4 which newspaper and magazines you readMentioned about ET and YouTube sourcesQ5 latest IT updateTold about integration of WhatsApp and chat GPTQ6 any major announcement by MicrosoftTold about internet explorer permanently kill from windows 10Q7 He asked diffrence between internet explorer and edgeTold Lastly thank you you may log off IIM-L Interview Experience 44 22nd Feb 2023PGP, PGP-ABMMorning slot, Panel 7, second last candidateBackground: Economic Honours(Whole interview was in hindi) As soon as I entered the room, they started asking back to back questions--Awadhi or Bhraji me difference batao-Name one woman in Mahabharat who had managerial skills-Who was Draupadi?-Draupadi ki wajah se Mahabharat hui thi, agree krti ho ki disagree-One woman leader in mythology(I had no idea about Mahabharat or Ramayan or mythology, they were randomly asking anything)-Came back to draupadi even though I mentioned I had no interest in mythology-Kaha se ho? (Kanpur)-Language used in Kanpur (I said Kanpuriya)-Chalo fir ek Kanpuriya joke sunado jaldi se (wasn’t able to think of any at that point of time)-Acha kanpur se ho toh ek kabir ka doha hi sunado (wasn’t able to recollect)-They came back to the joke part and said “ek Kanpuriya joke sunado fir pakka lelenge tumhe ”-Then they went on to my workex and asked why I left the job (explained)-Hobbies -reading writing jaisi koi hobby hai kya tumhari? (I said dancing)-Kaunsa dance pasand hai?-Kathak or freestyle dancing me difference batao-Bharatnatyam or Kathak me difference batao (mentioned their respective states but they asked for more reasons)-Mudras for Bharatnatyam (I said I don’t know)-“Chalo tumhari padhai pe aate hai thoda, economics se ho chalo economics ko hindi me kya kehte hai batao ”-Current India’s GDP-Agriculture share in GDP-Why have you filled in for ABM as well?-A question related to my personal experience I mentioned and asked if it was morally correct or ethically correct-How many people in the WAT were wearing red tie in your panel? (I randomly said 3)-They asked me to point towards the chair where they were sitting (I pointed out randomly)-Why are you not wearing a tie?-Ladkiyo ko tie pehnna mana hota hai kya?-Again asked the same question and said “mana nahi hota toh tumne kyu nahi pehni”-Okay you can go now A very weird and random interview. They were laughing throughout the interview. Not a great experience honestly. IIM-L Interview Experience 45 Profile: 95/93/8.25B.Arch16 months Workex Venue: ITC KAKATIYA, HYDERABAD WAT Topic: What would a global Cyber-War look like? We were given 15 mins to think and write. Two Panelists, both Male, both early 50sP1, P2, M P2: Please give us your personal data formP1: So, Jyoti, tell me a little bit about yourself.M: ToldP2: Why is x⁰=1? Prove it.M: Can I take a moment sir? (I was trying to relate my 12th maths, but nothing came to mind, I lost touch with maths long back)M: Sorry Sir, unable to think of anything.P1: How long you’ve been in Vizag? And why Vizag? You’re an Odiya, no?(Had mentioned that dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot)M: Father retired here sir, we had to move with him.P1: Jyoti, according to Hindu Mythology, when we enter any space, toilet shouldn’t be on the left (I think he meant according to Vaastu). Why do you think it’s at the entrance of the hotel room?(smiling a devil smile, since as architects we’ve worked so much on toilet details xD)M: Told him it was due to the pipelines that need to be placed to take out the sewage, if we kept the toilets out, we’ll see ugly pipes all over the building and no one likes that. Also, the balcony space reduces.(P2 silently nodding)P1: Jyoti, since you’ve been in the hall below and I’m sure you must’ve been around the hotel, how do you think the architecture of the building is?(Oh, he’s making it too easy xD)M: Told him how ITC had a portfolio of hotels that were all PLATINUM LEED rated, green buildings. All the hotels combined classic and contemporary architecture, various color schemes, thought of minute details (there was a shoe polisher in the washroom – I was impressed by such detailed thinking)P1: How so you think is the architecture of this room?M: The room has a whole big balcony and grand view of the city. Ample sunglight and cozy interior makes it even more better.(P1 was trying to gauge my undergrad knowledge, I was happy)P2: What factors would you consider while designing an office?M: Gave him an example of how if he was to approach me to design his office, how the process would go about.P1: What’s the area of Vizag in Sq. Kms?(Haha, gotcha – P2)(uh-oh)M: Can I take a guess sir? I don’t remember the exact figure!P1: Why? Recently the CM decided that it will be the capital of AP and every detail was mentioned in the report.M: Sorry sir, but I’ll definitely take a look at it later.P2: Why do you want to leave architecture and do an MBA?M: Sir, I don’t actually want to leave it, but want to continue with it in the long term vision, where I create my own startup on sustainable housing (explained in detail)(before I could say, and that’s why MBA, they asked another question)P1: Do you think architecture and Vaastu can function together?M: Told that Vaastu Shastra and Architecture should have a balance. Vastu is also based on Science. (Explained a little bit more)P2: How do you calculate the cost of a project?M: Told.P1: What is the Bill of Quantities you just mentioned and how do we calculate it?M: Told. Told him that unit price of a material and some samples are shown to the client and he chooses according to budget and then we calculate how much of that material is used.P1, P2 – Okay I think we’re done. That’s it. Thank you.M – Thank you sir. Should I send the other candidate in?P1 – No, we’ll call him. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 46 Hyderabad 25 Feb afternoon slot9/9/8 CAT percentile: 98.812 Panelists (P1- Marketing, 35yr old, P2- HRM, 55yr old) P1: Introduce yourself and why IIM lucknow. ToldP1: IIM Lucknow vs IIM Calcutta and what you will choose. Chose lucknow & they were laughingP2: Asked about Kanpur. ToldP2: Asked about institutes in Kanpur and the textile industry in there. (couldn’t tell about textile) P2: UP Global investor summit. ToldP2: Ganga cruise ship model in India and govt steps. (told something) P2: Something about river tributaries. (Could tell) P1: Club related question during college. (Told) Duration: 15min IIM-L Interview Experience 47 Noida campus8/9/7 Bcom venky DUCat – 85.56 SC category P1- Introduce yourselfMe: Little background, Told about upsc with economics optional , hobbies , long term goal integrated why mba Meanwhile P2 playing all sort of tricks already , got up midway my intro , walked across and started eating kaju badam P1- You graduated in 2020 still fresher ?Me: Told fascination towards public policy that world of newspapers introduced me to , devoted my 2 years of hardwork P1- Whats up with your upsc journey?Did you write any mainsMe: No missed marginally in my 2 nd attempt P1- What were your subjects in economics ?Me: Micro , macro, international econ, development econ P1- Asked about sri lanka crisisAnswered P1- Someone commented that India would go on same path if it introduced such policies like sri lankan, tell me the name and the policy they were talking about ? Me: Did try to draw parallel about the populist measures that sri lanka introduced to please sinhalise population and how india could have gone that wrong path had they introduced deep tax cuts in budget to please voters for general elections 24 However told i couldn’t recollect the specific policy and name of the person P1- What is price ceiling?ToldP1- The products its applicable to ?Couldn’t answer however told essential commodities P1- What is drawback of price ceiling?Told distorts market mechanism of demand and supply P1- How would you rate yourself on this answer?Told 6.5- 7 P1- How else could you have answered it?Me: Same but couldn’t think of any commodity that it is currently applicable to P1 to P2 He desrves less than 6.5 P2- You are from MP..What river flows thru sarangpur ? ( town i am from)Told kali sindh , Tributary of chambal P2- Where does chambal originate?Told mhow near indore and It joins yamuna in UP We’re doneYou can leave MBA Advice | Should I Join New IIMs or Repeat for CAT Exam? | Are New IIMs Worth Joining?   Access our CAT 2022 Course Here Read All WAT-PI Experiences For ‘FREE’ Here 1000 Students Made it to IIMs in 2020-21 from CATKing Family. Be The Next! Join Now! Also, Read IIM Indore Experiences|IIM Shillong Interview Experiences|10 tips to crack CAT CAT Exam: Dealing with RC passages|Important quant topics for CAT Note: This page will be updated regularly as and when we receive IIM Lucknow Personal Interview Experiences directly from students and trusted sources Preparing for CAT? It is the exam to get admission into any of the IIMs. Also, the CAT exam is considered the toughest of all exams. After the exams, it is equally important to prepare for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. In this article, you will know more about the IIM Lucknow real PI experience shared by candidates. IIM-L Interview Experience 1 WAT AssessmentHigher pay- is it a solution to corruption? There were 8 candidates in the group exercise. 15 minutes were allotted to the candidates for testing their respective written ability skills. I wrote about the pros and cons of higher pay directly leading to the change in mindset of money-hungry people. Talked about the scams by people receiving a fat pay check, like Rajat Gupta the first Indian CEO of a Multinational firm, MCKINSEY. He was indicted for insider trading when he was finance director of GOLDMAN SACHS. I also, highlighted various aspects of ethics, which should be taught, starting right from childhood. I talked about various scams that have earlier taken place in India like the 2G scam, chopper scam, and CWG scam and stated how demonic is the stature of these crimes due to the big names linked to it. I also added the point how India is a corruption driven country, and what are the necessary steps required to provide a solution to the problems. I also gave examples of the ways the problem of corruption can be curbed in the country. i mentioned about Jan Lokpal Bill, and the initiative taken for transparent governance, which might turn out to be one of the most important steps. Personal Interview:The interview lasted for about 15-20 minutes. There were 2 panelists, a Lady of around 40 years and a Sir of around 55-60 years. Panel 1: Tell me something about yourself.Candidate: I told them about my schooling, the place where I was born and brought up, recalling my journey from a small town of Midnapore to Jadavpur and how topping there gave me self-confidence and self-belief. I also mentioned how my internship at Ericsson as a consultant gave me the required push towards management, and told them my hobbies and interests. Panelist 2: What principles of Arya Samaj did you learn in DAV – will it help you in management?Candidate: I was quite awestruck, but I cogitated and gave the answer. I told them I learnt perseverance, ethics, and integrity, which would help me more in handling a good business rather than being only successful. I told them how we were made to perform ‘havans’ and yoga in our extra period in school, and how they help me concentrate and focus better on the work that’s in hand. Panelist 2: (Seemed satisfied, but then asked) Can you tell me the name of a company that works with absolute ethics?Candidate: Was caught absolutely off guard! I told them about TATA, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and the way Bill Gates invested most of his income in philanthropic activities. But my biggest mistake was to take the name of Reliance. (Beware guys, do not tell anything which is not under the purview of your knowledge or understanding!!) Panelist 2: Haha!! Did you just say Reliance? My boy, you need to do some homework!!! The baton was then taken by the Female Professor, who was a little scary!! Panelist 1: Okay X, you have done secondary market research. Can you tell me what this secondary market research is?Candidate: I explained that basically when you do a market study of the paper and information collated by a huge market research or consultancy firm like Gartner, PWC, Deloitte, etc., then that is called secondary market research. Panelist 1: (Was pretty satisfied.) Then asked me what I had done in the project?Candidate: I told them about my research areas, which were basically the upcoming technologies related to the Internet of Things, like cognitive computing, mobile financial services, automation of vehicles, future networks, etc. Panelist 1: Can you tell me a real scenario where you could apply IoT?Candidate: This was the best phase of my interview (smile)!! I started by telling them that I have a startup idea based on the Internet of Things, which I would like to share with them. (Interviewers got excited!!)Sir, I have got a business idea in line with OLA and Uber cabs. Sir/ma’am, we can connect sensors to our electrical lines. We would provide mobile phones to the electricians in a neighborhood and connect the sensors to the respective mobile phones. Whenever there is a fault in the electrical line, the nearest electrician would be notified of the problem. By GPS, the nearest mobile phone will be connected, and he can come and fix the problem. In this way, we can have things connected, like the electrical line to the net, and can bring it under the purview of the Internet. Panelist 1: (Seemed satisfied!!) Again, the male professor interjected and started asking questions. Panelist 1: Asked questions on probability distributions that I had studied in my engineering.Candidate: I told them about normal, Poisson, and Gaussian distributions. (Was expecting cross-questions and got extremely tense as I am not a stats guy.) Panelist 1: What is the basic difference between Poisson and binomial distributions?Candidate: I explained with examples, but he was not satisfied. The next question that was asked to me was quite shocking and a little funny. Panelist 1: Have you ever visited a saree shop with your mother? Do you know which is the most famous saree available in the Midnapore district?Candidate: Completely surprised!!! What sir? I don’t, sir, absolutely no idea! Panelist 1: You would become a manager one day, but to be a good one, you have to be aware of your surroundings. The place where you stay – what is it famous for? Which handicraft industry is famous in the Midnapore district?Candidate: I said terracotta, and how the idols and utensils made of terracotta are very famous. Panelist 1: (Not really satisfied.) Asked Panelist 2 if she had any questions? Panelist 2: (Said no.) Then both of them said thank you and asked me to leave. I thanked them and took a breath of relief as my most difficult interview finally got over. Verdict: Converted! IIM-L Interview Experience 2 Date: 19.2.2021 3:00 PMProfile:10th/12th/grad (GEM): 95/95.4/85.718-month work ex @ EXLP1 & P2 – Both male around 30-40 years oldStarted at 3:30PM P1: How are you?(Greeted both the panelists) P1: Show me your ID card.(Shown the Aadhaar) P1: Your username is “Suyash Mishra 4yr Ceramic Engineering”! Good, we won’t be asking anything from your B.Tech then. (Lol moment…I just smiled) P1: You are working, right? Are you on leave today or working? Did we disturb you? P1: What other calls do you have?(Replied ABCLKI) P2: Is this your first interview?(I replied Yes) P1: It’s great then. P1: I see you are creative and have various achievements. With this stellar profile, you can get into any consulting firm. What’s the purpose of doing an MBA?(Told them, but was interrupted after 3-4 sentences) P1: That’s okay. Didn’t you have clarity of career goals prior to choosing Ceramic Engineering?(Told, was interrupted again) P2: You said you explored things in your first half of graduation. How did you choose MBA?(Told but interrupted again. A few cross-questions on my internship at EY – answered) P1: How did you prepare for the interview? What do you expect us to ask you in this interview?(I told I read about past PI experiences and I expected a few clichéd questions like “tell me about yourself, MBA purpose, etc.”) P2: What did you prepare?(I said personal questions, work experience, and a few current affairs questions) P1: Tell me about the Binomial distribution.(Told) P1: Did you expect this question?(Said no, but I prepared for it) P1: Name your clients and what work you do for them.(Told I cannot disclose the names and was about to describe my work, but he interrupted) P2: We read it in your form what you do. Save it. Just name a few other organizations in the same category as your client.(Told) P1: You seem to be a gym-goer. Tell me, what’s the motivation?(Interesting exchange) P2: You have leadership experience. Do you plan to spread gym culture at IIM Lucknow?(Didn’t expect this…lol) P1: Why don’t you start a gym?(I was like…what?! Handled it …pheww) P1: Okay, I’m done. (And he walked away) P2: Tell me one thing you like about BHU.(Told) P2: What do you dislike? Is politics involved in every IIT? P2: You can easily get into EY.(Told and justified my stance for MBA again) P2: Okay, that’s it from me.(I said, “Can I have a question moment?” and then smiled) P2: Yeah…sure. No one was asking anything today, so I didn’t bother you. Here they said that will be all.All the best to you. (Extremely chill interview … no acads …nothing substantial from work ex…. just casual conversation… I don’t what happened there)Duration: ~15 mins IIM-L Interview Experience 3 Venue: IIM Lucknow Campus, NoidaProfile:10th: 95%12th: 91.8%Graduation: B.E Mechanical (Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh) – 85.7%Work Experience:10 months – Alstom India Pvt ltd. (7/17–4/18)2 years -. ZS Associates India (5/18- 5/20) WAT TopicGreed is good… (Time limit: 20 mins)I wrote about how historically greed has been an initiator of change. How greed is the cause of competition and the need to be innovative and evolving. Though I maintained the fact that greed has always had negative consequences. Ended with mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s quote “There is enough for everyone’s need but not for anyone’s greed”. Personal Interview Experience2 panelists I greeted the panelists, and they asked me to sit down. Interviewer 1: Show me your 10th, 12th, and graduation mark sheets.(He looked through my personal data form.) Interviewer 1: Looks at my form and asks "Sharma Ji, aap bhi Punjab se ho!" (Because of my graduation in Chandigarh.) Me: (Smiling inside for the positive start of the interview but trying not to get carried away)"No sir, I am from Himachal Pradesh. I studied in Chandigarh from 2013 to 2017." Interviewer 1: Looking at my pre-interview form."You have mentioned your current work experience at ZS Associates. Tell me about it." Me: Told them about how I am currently working on sales and marketing projects for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. I mentioned my current project, which had an estimated budget of $3 million for a marketing campaign that involved segmentation.(Interviewer 2 was looking at me with a poker face.) Interviewer 1: Curiously "So, how does the pharma market work?" Me: I explained the patient cycle and the process of availing drugs after an HCP writes a prescription, including the claims process. I had some understanding of the US market and could answer properly. Interviewer 1: Asked me about the metrics to be used and the matrix of qualitative and quantitative fields. Me: Answered. (They cross-questioned me, but most of them were clarifications related to the market.) Interviewer 2: (Still had a poker face on. He gets up and starts to walk out. I keep calm and focus on the conversation ahead.) Interviewer 1: With a satisfied look on his face "Ye sab toh theek hai, but koi leadership role ka experience hai?" Me: I had a long list of experiences for this. I mentioned my leadership role in the LMRC metro project, where I led a team of 30 operators to carry out production activities for international metro projects. I explained how I managed the workforce with diligence (leave management, daily activity tracker, 5S, Lean, etc.) despite production pressure to deliver cars for the UP state elections. Interviewer 1: Asked me detailed questions about my work. Me: Answered a few but ensured I highlighted my experiences. (Interviewer 2 comes back and sits again. Still no questions or comments from him.) Interviewer 1: Seemed satisfied with the answers and started a casual conversation."Online series dekhte ho?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 1: "Kahaan dekhte ho?" Me: "I have Hotstar and Netflix subscriptions." Interviewer 1: "Tum to Ameer ho!" (He was having chai-biscuit and it felt more like a chai-sutta conversation I’d have with my colleagues.) Me: "No sir, it’s feasible when you share the subscription." I also explained how Netflix has various plans and price brackets. Interviewer 1: "Calculate the cost per person for these plans." Me: Answered correctly. Interviewer 2: Finally gives in and starts asking questions."Okay, tell me whether correlation is causation." Me: Answered. I had discussed this with my flatmates one day, so I could explain in detail. I also used Regression as an example to explain the difference and how it establishes a mathematical relationship between variables. Interviewer 2: "Draw the graph of correlation R = -1." Me: Took a pad and drew the graph. (He looked at it and gave no reaction.) Interviewer 2: Starts a casual conversation. "Do you see stand-up comedy?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 2: "Do you know Kunal Kamra?" (I had seen his new stand-up two days back and had posted a John Lennon quote on my Instagram story.) Me: Discussed how Kunal Kamra uses comedy for political satire. I also mentioned the post and explained how humor acts as a means of expression, making the system uncomfortable and helpless, as it’s something they cannot easily counter. Interviewer 2: (Shook his head in affirmation and added additional details on the topic.) Me: (Nodded till he was done.) (He leaned back and looked at the old professor.) Interviewer 1: Goes through my profile and asks about the revenue of the companies I’ve worked for and my extra-curricular activities.(I mentioned being part of my university’s cricket team and dance club.) Interviewer 1: "Why didn’t you join the army? You mentioned you got through NDA SSB and were in the merit list." Me: Told him about my need to explore on my own and how I felt engineering was a better option for me at the time. (Spoke honestly about my choice, even though it wasn’t the best one.)(No reaction.) Interviewer 1: "Okay, I think we are done." Me: Got up and thanked them."Thank you, sirs. Have a nice day." IIM-L Interview Experience 4 Profile: Class 10 – 93Class 12 – 95CGPA – 6.9Interview: 1 Interviewer Interviewer: A very good morning. How are you? Me: Sir, a very good morning to you too. I am great and excited to participate in the interview. Interviewer: Well, great. May you introduce yourself? Me: I am ABC XYZ. I have completed my 10th standard in the year 2014 and my 12th standard in the year 2016 from PQR. In the year 2019, I completed my graduation from STP. I have worked as an SME at EHT for a period of N months. During the year 2020–2021, I was involved with QWE club as a core member, engaging in multiple activities of the club. Interviewer: You come from a good college. So, I hope you are through with all the Physics concepts. Can you tell me about the third law of thermodynamics? Me: Sir, thermodynamics talks about entropy. It states that the change in entropy is equal to the amount of heat transferred divided by the temperature of the system. Moreover, the entropy of the universe is increasing. Interviewer: So, do you really think that the entropy of the universe changes? Me: Yes, sir. The entropy of the universe increases indeed, and nothing has been found out which can disprove this theory. Interviewer: What do you mean by the change of entropy in layman’s terms? Me: To some extent, an increase in entropy can be correlated with an increase in disorder of the system. The more the entropy, the less orderly or more chaotic the system becomes. Interviewer: Well, tell me something. You know that we humans originate from monkeys. You must have observed monkeys. They jump up and down all the time. It can be said that they are in a state of high disorder. Whereas we humans are much calmer and are not as outrageous in our ways as the monkeys. But we developed from these monkeys. How does the second law of thermodynamics hold in this case? Me: Sir, as I have said earlier, it is the entropy of the entire universe that is on the increase as per the second law, not the individual components of the universe. Moreover, the disorder of an entity cannot be revealed through its physical activities alone. Interviewer: Still, can you give an explanation for this? Me: Well, even if we consider this, I can give you an alternate explanation. Monkeys may seem to be in a state of disorder as they keep springing and leaping from here to there, but their explorations are mostly restricted to a specific area, like a forest or a park. On the other hand, humans travel more. A person, on a daily basis, travels to multiple places, which are often far away from home. A person may travel to a different continent altogether, whether for holidays or business purposes. In this regard, a human might live in a more disorderly fashion than a monkey. This again is in tune with the second law. Interviewer: That seems fair. Well thought of. With this, we come to the end of the interview. All the best for the coming days. Me: Thank you very much, sir, for giving me this fantastic opportunity to sit for the interview. I hope I have given apt answers to your questions. Interviewer: You may leave. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 5 Profile: 95, 93.4, 9.16 (CAT: 99.95)BITS PILANI Chemical Engineering20 months worked in LogisticsProfessors: P1, P2. Shivam: S P1: What are you doing? S: (Started speaking about a video, but he stopped me.) P1: No, no, I mean are you working? S: Yes, Sir. At Delivery Private Limited. P1: What is your job role? S: (His video froze, I adjusted my screen) Explained my role. P1: What is your educational background? S: Sir, I have done my undergraduate in Chemical Engineering. I also went to NUS Singapore for my final year thesis. P1: Explain your thesis project. S: (Explained in great detail.) P1: So your project was related to Plastics. Which marine animal one should use to prepare plastics and why? S: I said brine shrimp because my project at NUS was related to that. But I gave random reasons. (He didn’t cross-question.) P1: Which ministry will you approach if you want to amend a policy in the plastics industry? S: (Said I don’t know.) P1: Who is the Chemical and Fertilizers minister? S: Sir, is it Devanand Gowda? (It is Sadanand Gowda.) P1: I am asking you this. S: (I smiled and said I am not sure.) P1: Who is the petroleum minister? S: (Couldn’t recall. Said sorry.) P2: Tell me three applications of math which are used in Chemical Engineering. S: Sir, Newton-Raphson, Simplex for LPP, differential equations for heat, and Navier-Stokes. P2: When is the simplex method used? S: (Explained. Talked about slack and surplus variable.) P2: No, no, don’t tell me the method. What is the starting solution? S: I said the first feasible solution would be X1 = X2 = 0. Then we find the intercept and perform the next iterations. P2: What is the bisection method? S: Sir, it is for root finding where the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0. P2: Which theorem is used that leads to the conclusion that the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0? S: (Said mean value theorem. I was not sure but tried to explain.) P1 (enters again): Who is XYZ? (Don’t remember the name he mentioned.) S: I don’t know. P1: So you don’t follow the news. S: Sir, I follow it, but I am unaware of this person. P1: So you come from Muzaffarpur. What is the historical significance of Muzaffarpur? S: (Told about how Muzaffarpur got its name and then spoke about Khudiram Bose and how his activities led to the rise of revolution in the Indian Freedom movement.) P1: Any medieval significance? S: (Talked about Magadha, Patliputra which is near Muzaffarpur, Gupta Dynasty, and Maurya Dynasty.) P1: What other calls do you have? S: Sir, I have calls from all the IIMs. P1: Old and new both? S: Yes, Sir. P1: Ok, you can log off. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 6 Lucknow had also very generously provided a fact sheet to brush up recent events in India and globally, which I went through diligently. So I was somewhat more confident on D-day. Visited Taj Bengal for the first time in more than 10 years. The panel consisted of a lady (L), and an older gentleman (G). The moment I took my seat, L: So Sambit you are into the theater! What kind of plays do you do?Me: (Aha! Area of strength!) I have done most of my acting in Bengali. In college, we generally re-enacted existing plays by the likes of Badal Sarkar, Bratya Basu, Utpal Dutta, etc. In Jamshedpur, we tried to put a little more of our creativity into the plays. We took some well-known stories of Tagore and others, and put in some original chunks to concatenate them, and presented them as a common theme. L: No I mean what have the themes of your plays been?Me: We have done everything from comedies, tragedies, political satire, to mythology. G: (cutting in) So being in the theatre circuit and all, what are your views on the debate going on about Freedom of Speech?Me: (Thank god for Google News) Sir I feel that whatever JNU students have said are definitely objectionable, however, morality and legality cannot be considered to be the same. It was wrong to have taken legal action against the students. G: (Slightly agitated) What are you saying! Have you seen the video where he is saying all that anti-national stuff?Me: Yes, but… L: (to G) Oh that video was doctored. It was a ploy of the politicians or the media.G: (to L) But how is it possible to edit a video so convincingly?L: They will do anything to create an issue.G: But they also had banners and signs saying the same thing.Me: sitting in awkward silence while the two panelists continue debating among themselves about the issue. Finally,L: So Sambit your final views on the matter?Me:(Remembering a quote but not who it was from) Ma’am all I would like to say is that I do not agree with what the students have said, but I will defend their right to be able to say it.L and G both look pleased. I hope this article helps you with your preparation. Keep going and All the very best! IIM-L Interview Experience 7 15/02/2021Panel 2Two panelists, both male BE ECEWorkex – 24 months, Data analyst P1: How has life been treating you these days?Me: I’m good (discussed my packed interview schedule with them) P1: So that’s good, you’ll get done early. So tell us about yourself.Me: (prepared answer) P1: How have you prepared for this interview?Me: spoke about life history, current affairs etc. P1: Acha, what should we question you on?Me: umm, football will be a good topic. P1: No, why football, why not cricket?Me: Not a big fan very honestly, gravitated towards football. P1: Okay what else then?Me: my work? P1: Everyone wants to talk about their work. Chalo tell us about your job.Me: (prepared answer) P1: What about statistics?Me: Okay sure sir. P1: Okay tell me a distribution other than the normal distribution.Me: gave a detailed answer on the binomial distribution. P1: What are type 1 and type 2 errors? Give examples.Me: Answered. Gave examples from my work itself. P2: What books have you read recently?Me: Spoke about Delhi by Khushwant Singh, The palace of illusions by Chitra Banerjee devakurni. Specifically spoke about the latter and the context of the book (written from the POV of Draupadi). P2: which other famous book has been written from the POV of a Mahabharata character?Me: didn’t know (stupid answer, it’s obviously the Gita) P1: So you’re an expert authority on the Mahabharata, which character do you relate to from the Mahabharata?Me: chuckled and said I’m no expert, both of them started laughing. I then spoke about Karan at length and how I’m a moral person. P1: You’re a moral person then why Karan? He was evil. So you support evil too?Here we had a really long back and forth on the definition of evil. How I felt it is very subjective and the Gita literally talks about a similar dilemma on Arjun’s mind. The panelist told me I would probably support Hitler but I stood my ground and told him that was clearly wrong, but in the Mahabharata’s context the moral ambiguities are quite apparent. P1: So will you sell poison to increase shareholder value?Me: Wouldn’t that be illegal? P1: Suppose you find a way, then?Me: I won’t, it doesn’t align with my principles.P1: Okay that’s what I wanted to know. P2: There’s only one great book by Khushwant Singh, in my opinion, which one is it?Me: this is the first time I’m reading him, so I don’t know that. P2: So this book on Delhi, what is it about?Me: Said it’s about the history of the city from the 13th till the 20th Century. P2: A very famous history professor passed away recently, who was he?Me: I’m unable to remember his name but I’m sure he was a faculty at DU.P2: Yes he was a professor at DU. P2: Why did you pick up this book by him?Me: Said how I was at the airport and was interested in the topic. P1: Any questions for us?I asked one question It felt like a borderline stress interview, but a good panel with quality questions. IIM-L Interview Experience 8 Cat 97.39 obc, work ex 3.5yrs P1: Are you working or studentMe: Working Sir P1: From where you did your graduation?Me: Answered P2: Where are you working?Me: Answered P2: What exactly you guys do?Me: Explained P2: How the crude oil is carried from exploration to site via truck or any other mode?Me: Explained in detail with difference between Piping and Pipeline P2: Do you know Cairne companyMe: initially said no, then panelist pronounced it correctly, I said yes I know P2: What is NRV?Me: Answered P2: Where it is placed?Me: Answered P2: In drawing, how pump is drawn?Me: Done P2: Draw NRV in thatMe: Done P1: What are your hobbiesMe: Trekking, teaching P1: What kind of teachingMe: I teach maths of school level for competitive exams P1: Is it CAT level?Me: No sir, it is school level, which is applicable for competitive exams P1: Is it for part time earnings?Me: No sir for part time earnings, I do society accounting stuff (no cross question) P2: Which other calls you got?Me: BCI, Cap along with L P2: So how many are done?Me: Sir done with C, cap interview and this is 3rd one P1: So you selected all 3 courses?Me: Explaining the glitch in form on day1 P1: So you guys initially fill all options in cat, and then when u get shortlist, u think this other field are not good acreer optionMe: Sir first part is right, in cat I did it, but in form because of glitch to be on safer side, I chose all 3 but it is not like other branches are bad, it’s just my inclination towards Operations. P1: So it is your preference, so you want to get considered for other two branches or not?Me: No sir, I am just looking for Pgp.P1: Ok we are done! IIM-L Interview Experience 9 Electrical and Electronics Engineering/NIT Calicut/FresherTwo panelists(Both males) M1 around 45-50 in age, M2 around 30-35 M1: So You got the first position in a quiz on Engineer’s day. Tell me who is (a very complicated south Indian name which I had never heard before) (grilling) M1: 1-2 Questions related to power systems (grilling) M1: Your grades were low during the 1st year…any reason?(gave the well-prepared answer, panelist nods in satisfaction) M1: so have you studied any management-related subject during your engineering? M1: Give your opinion on farm laws(after listening to my opinion, he initiated the conversation and gave his opinion on the same) M1: what are your interests?(told that I like to cook, playing badminton, football and have an interest in Stock Markets) Over to panelist 2M2: So you mentioned stock markets, have you traded before?(shared my experience during the stock market crash due to covid and lockdown) M2: tell me how do you choose a stock(explained in detail about the 4-5 parameters that I consider) M2: what is the P/E ratio? M2: what value of P/E ratio you would choose while choosing the stock?(explained the ideal P/E ratio and how it changes year on year basis and can’t be solely relied upon and other factors to be considered) (satisfied look from panelist) M2: what if I purchase a stock of P/E ratio lying between 30-40(explained with example) M2: okay one math question: draw the graph of y=square root (x)(drawn) M2: does it touch anywhere on the X-axisM2: Okay, thank you IIM-L Interview Experience 10 2 panelists Both Male one in 40s and other in his 50s P1- Asked where are you from P2- Give a short intro ( talked about that and last mentioned Saskhar Bharat Mission and my Job offer from TCS) P2- Asked about literacy P2- Asked why MBA and then told me to go to work with TCS rather doing an MBA( I gave my reasons for why I want to do MBA) P2- then mail to TCS and say that you don’t want their boring job P2- Asked about flip flops ( couldn’t answer and tried to divert but he came back) P2- Asked about Fourier transform P1- Gave me sequence questions and asked about it P1- if price of Wheat and data is increased what would I choose. P1- who manufacturers Ashirwad atta and how do they regulate the prices P1- what other calls do you have P1- you may leave IIM-L Interview Experience 11 2 panel members 1M (40+): Mostly a professor 1F (30+): Mostly an Alumni P1: Good morningMe: Good morning Sir and Ma’am P1: So you have graduated in 2018….your specialization?Me: Mechanical Engineering P1: Where do you work and what does the company do?Me: Answered P1: What does your team do?Me: Answered P1: As you work in the Oil and Gas sector, do you think India can move towards Renewable energy? What is your opinionMe: Gave an elaborate answer P1: What sources of news do you read?Me: Gave an answer and included that I’m interested in world affairs. Since I am interested in geopolitics I have also read S. Jaishankar’s “The India Way” which was recently published P1: So you are interested in geopolitics.. does geopolitics play a huge role in Energy sector? What is the impact of politics on the energy sector?Me: Gave an elaborate answer P2: What makes someone a huge failure?Me: Answered with example (They seem impressed) P2: You have mentioned a quote “Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes so learn from others”, some people say that MBA is a mistake so why not drop the idea of an MBA and take their advice?Me: Answered (Answer was okayish I guess) P2: You have written in your form that “With greater power comes greater responsibility”Give me an example of a person you follow, which has or had great power but failed miserably Me: Answered but I couldn’t think of a good example at that momentP2: Thank you! You can leave. Best of luck Pretty chilled out interview. Panelist were also in a good mood. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 12 CSE Major – 2019 passed out They were eating and asking 1. I thought you were going to come in normal dress why did you wear all formals? 2. For which course are you chosen? PGP / PGP ABM 3. What is your preference? 4. If you don’t get anything except PGP ABM – Will you join? – I said no 5. Show me your ID – showed PAN card 6. Which department issues PAN card? 7. Types of Taxes? 8. Difference between personal tax and GST? 9. √-12 x √-14? 10. If travel half the distance from source to destination and then again half of it and I will keep repeating – how much time will it take? – I said it will become an infinite series 11. How does it become infinite – the distance is limited right? 12. How do you find the continuity of a function? 13.1 If graph is not given? 14. Minister of social welfare? – couldn’t answer 15. Minister of external affairs, Finance minister? Time: 15-20 min Couldn’t answer anything properly.Overall it went very bad IIM-L Interview Experience 13 1M 1F (Both Soft Spoken) BBA (Finance and Accounting) Hello, How are you….Da da da F: So what are you doing nowadays? Walk us through your day to day activitiesTold (I mentioned that I’m trying to learn Intraday Trading) M: So when do you think markets are going to crash?Told him that I’m no expert in this M&F: Which all subjects did you have? What was you favourite subject in which you scored highestTold them the subjectsTold them that favourite subject and highest score subject are different M: Asked a random case, what kind of investment will you suggest a 60years oldShort Discussion happened F: You’re young, why don’t you travel or gain some experience and then get into the MBA? (Basically Why MBA)Told F: Jatin tell us something about yourself, like your greatest achievement or anythingAsked them if I can mention an achievement from personal frontThey said sureThen told. F: You’ve grown above your age Jatin. Be happy and all the best Thankyou  For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 14 Two panelists: F and M 1. M: We tried to connect to you but there was nothing, never mind. Tell something abt yourselfTold the practiced one 2. M: So you want to do a MBA, thus you will resign from your job or take a study leave.Sir my company gives sabbatical after 5 years of service only, although I would request them to offer me a sabbatical but if they don’t then will go for resignation. 3. F: So you work in a oil rig right?Yes Mam I am currently at a rig 4. F: So the oil prices are rising how your company is going to benefit from that.Mam the oil price have increased due to extra tax put on by state and central government. The crude oil prices are somewhat stable. But if crude oil prices increase my company is going to benefit from that as it has low price per barrel. 5. F: But if your company buys a downstream firm then how the petrol price fluctuation will affect you.Mam my company bought a downstream firm two years back. It helps to form a buffer zone to accommodate fluctuations. If crude oil prices increase then by default we benefit otherwise the downstream company will help us to earn benefits 6. M: So what are your hobbies?Sir Cooking, Reading and Watching Movies 7. M: So what you like to cook?Sir the most I like is to make chicken 8. M: You know only one thing to make and you say like cooking.No sir I can make from chappati to full course meal, chicken is something which I love to make. 9. M: How many types of chicken do you make?Sir I don’t have any count but I keep doing experiments. Recently during lockdown I learned to make a Turkish style chicken in which we fry the spices initially and add it to chicken in the end. 10. M: I love to cook myself thats why I am so eager. Ok what else was your hobby?Sir Watching movies and reading 11. M: What type of movies do you watch?Sir I like the movies from the director Christopher Nolan. Inception and Dark Knight Trilogy are my favorite. I also watch movies based on underworld and crime thrillers of Scorsese. 12. M: Ok So you watch Netflix series also?Sir I am not a Netflix series fan. I like the concept of Movie rather than of series 13. F & M: Ok Akshay It was nice talking to you. You may now log out.It was pleasure to talking you as well. Thank You Overall the interview was very calm. Both the interviewers were very accommodating and let me answer completely. I panicked in Tell Me about yourself as it was more than 90 minutes and there was no reponse from Admission Office. After a couple of calls I was able to activate my link. The interview took approx 10 to 15 minutes to complete.Thanks. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 15 GEM7 months experience in telecom. P1Why MBA after engineering? What are EM waves ? Explain 5G STA implementation of 5G? (My Btech Project) Questions on implementation of 5G and India’s struggle P2The questions related to my SOP P3Now Why MBA? You should continue with engineering related field I believe, you will do well. Current Affairs- Reliance Oil to chemical biz. Stress Interview, panelists were cutting down every now and then. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 16 Two panelist male(very old and arrogant) and female (young and smiling) entire interview:: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why grad marks are low 3. Are you good at maths 4. Political leaders from your state 5. 1+logx graph 6. X intercept of above graph 7. 5/10+55/100+555/1000+5555/10000……. 8. (1+x)**n expansion 9. Definition of π 10. No of constituency 11. Why scored low in 3 rd year as I gave reason for first two years only 12. Why are you double minded 13. What will be your specialization?? 14. What do you do in your free time (said cricket)Answered all of em and they were satisfied except one question thought interview was going well) 15. Don’t you read books ??(I said I don’t read ) 16. Even one book??Chetan Bhagat answered(All of us laughing) 17. Are you good at English??(This was the worst mistake I did )I said i am okay with it not as good as mathsThey asked spelling of accessoriesIf you answered you will be selected if not rejected serious and sad faces from them????Spelled wronglyFinally they said it’s okTry it for next year you will be doing fine you don’t get selected this year. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 17 Bsc maths hons.Fresher Asked about sri Venkateswara college Then applications of mathematics in business(I gave the example.of marginal cost and revenue). Next follow up quesn. On marginal revenue. A quesn. Of the shortest path for an ant to travel along the longest diagonal of a cube but not through the longest diagonal. Cabinet minister in delhi and about legislative assembly. Then quesn. On signature bridge. (What’s special about it) Why have I done Mathematics if I wanted to do an MBA as maths required for an MBA is done by 12th. . (Countered him by saying the importance of mathematical modelling in Business) Next quesn. On Covid mathematical modelling. (That there were many models done in march -april on covid, are they are all in futility?) .(Countered it ) Then what do you like apart from mathematics and why?(Said marketing) Difference between sales and marketing? Since I’m a Goyal- Baniya , next quesn about that. Who was the first baniya? ( I didn’t knew) And then he told me answer was Maharaja Agrasen, then I remembered. And that was it.(There were two people in the panel but only one asked the questions throughout the interview)(Seemed like a friendly conversation rather than an interview) Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true Note: This page will be updated regularly as and when we receive IIM Lucknow Personal Interview Experiences directly from students and trusted sources Preparing for CAT? It is the exam to get admission into any of the IIMs. Also, the CAT exam is considered the toughest of all exams. After the exams, it is equally important to prepare for Group Discussion and Personal Interview. In this article, you will know more about the IIM Lucknow real PI experience shared by candidates. IIM-L Interview Experience 1 WAT AssessmentHigher pay- is it a solution to corruption? There were 8 candidates in the group exercise. 15 minutes were allotted to the candidates for testing their respective written ability skills. I wrote about the pros and cons of higher pay directly leading to the change in mindset of money-hungry people. Talked about the scams by people receiving a fat pay check, like Rajat Gupta the first Indian CEO of a Multinational firm, MCKINSEY. He was indicted for insider trading when he was finance director of GOLDMAN SACHS. I also, highlighted various aspects of ethics, which should be taught, starting right from childhood. I talked about various scams that have earlier taken place in India like the 2G scam, chopper scam, and CWG scam and stated how demonic is the stature of these crimes due to the big names linked to it. I also added the point how India is a corruption driven country, and what are the necessary steps required to provide a solution to the problems. I also gave examples of the ways the problem of corruption can be curbed in the country. i mentioned about Jan Lokpal Bill, and the initiative taken for transparent governance, which might turn out to be one of the most important steps. Personal Interview:The interview lasted for about 15-20 minutes. There were 2 panelists, a Lady of around 40 years and a Sir of around 55-60 years. Panel 1: Tell me something about yourself.Candidate: I told them about my schooling, the place where I was born and brought up, recalling my journey from a small town of Midnapore to Jadavpur and how topping there gave me self-confidence and self-belief. I also mentioned how my internship at Ericsson as a consultant gave me the required push towards management, and told them my hobbies and interests. Panelist 2: What principles of Arya Samaj did you learn in DAV – will it help you in management?Candidate: I was quite awestruck, but I cogitated and gave the answer. I told them I learnt perseverance, ethics, and integrity, which would help me more in handling a good business rather than being only successful. I told them how we were made to perform ‘havans’ and yoga in our extra period in school, and how they help me concentrate and focus better on the work that’s in hand. Panelist 2: (Seemed satisfied, but then asked) Can you tell me the name of a company that works with absolute ethics?Candidate: Was caught absolutely off guard! I told them about TATA, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and the way Bill Gates invested most of his income in philanthropic activities. But my biggest mistake was to take the name of Reliance. (Beware guys, do not tell anything which is not under the purview of your knowledge or understanding!!) Panelist 2: Haha!! Did you just say Reliance? My boy, you need to do some homework!!! The baton was then taken by the Female Professor, who was a little scary!! Panelist 1: Okay X, you have done secondary market research. Can you tell me what this secondary market research is?Candidate: I explained that basically when you do a market study of the paper and information collated by a huge market research or consultancy firm like Gartner, PWC, Deloitte, etc., then that is called secondary market research. Panelist 1: (Was pretty satisfied.) Then asked me what I had done in the project?Candidate: I told them about my research areas, which were basically the upcoming technologies related to the Internet of Things, like cognitive computing, mobile financial services, automation of vehicles, future networks, etc. Panelist 1: Can you tell me a real scenario where you could apply IoT?Candidate: This was the best phase of my interview (smile)!! I started by telling them that I have a startup idea based on the Internet of Things, which I would like to share with them. (Interviewers got excited!!)Sir, I have got a business idea in line with OLA and Uber cabs. Sir/ma’am, we can connect sensors to our electrical lines. We would provide mobile phones to the electricians in a neighborhood and connect the sensors to the respective mobile phones. Whenever there is a fault in the electrical line, the nearest electrician would be notified of the problem. By GPS, the nearest mobile phone will be connected, and he can come and fix the problem. In this way, we can have things connected, like the electrical line to the net, and can bring it under the purview of the Internet. Panelist 1: (Seemed satisfied!!) Again, the male professor interjected and started asking questions. Panelist 1: Asked questions on probability distributions that I had studied in my engineering.Candidate: I told them about normal, Poisson, and Gaussian distributions. (Was expecting cross-questions and got extremely tense as I am not a stats guy.) Panelist 1: What is the basic difference between Poisson and binomial distributions?Candidate: I explained with examples, but he was not satisfied. The next question that was asked to me was quite shocking and a little funny. Panelist 1: Have you ever visited a saree shop with your mother? Do you know which is the most famous saree available in the Midnapore district?Candidate: Completely surprised!!! What sir? I don’t, sir, absolutely no idea! Panelist 1: You would become a manager one day, but to be a good one, you have to be aware of your surroundings. The place where you stay – what is it famous for? Which handicraft industry is famous in the Midnapore district?Candidate: I said terracotta, and how the idols and utensils made of terracotta are very famous. Panelist 1: (Not really satisfied.) Asked Panelist 2 if she had any questions? Panelist 2: (Said no.) Then both of them said thank you and asked me to leave. I thanked them and took a breath of relief as my most difficult interview finally got over. Verdict: Converted! IIM-L Interview Experience 2 Date: 19.2.2021 3:00 PMProfile:10th/12th/grad (GEM): 95/95.4/85.718-month work ex @ EXLP1 & P2 – Both male around 30-40 years oldStarted at 3:30PM P1: How are you?(Greeted both the panelists) P1: Show me your ID card.(Shown the Aadhaar) P1: Your username is “Suyash Mishra 4yr Ceramic Engineering”! Good, we won’t be asking anything from your B.Tech then. (Lol moment…I just smiled) P1: You are working, right? Are you on leave today or working? Did we disturb you? P1: What other calls do you have?(Replied ABCLKI) P2: Is this your first interview?(I replied Yes) P1: It’s great then. P1: I see you are creative and have various achievements. With this stellar profile, you can get into any consulting firm. What’s the purpose of doing an MBA?(Told them, but was interrupted after 3-4 sentences) P1: That’s okay. Didn’t you have clarity of career goals prior to choosing Ceramic Engineering?(Told, was interrupted again) P2: You said you explored things in your first half of graduation. How did you choose MBA?(Told but interrupted again. A few cross-questions on my internship at EY – answered) P1: How did you prepare for the interview? What do you expect us to ask you in this interview?(I told I read about past PI experiences and I expected a few clichéd questions like “tell me about yourself, MBA purpose, etc.”) P2: What did you prepare?(I said personal questions, work experience, and a few current affairs questions) P1: Tell me about the Binomial distribution.(Told) P1: Did you expect this question?(Said no, but I prepared for it) P1: Name your clients and what work you do for them.(Told I cannot disclose the names and was about to describe my work, but he interrupted) P2: We read it in your form what you do. Save it. Just name a few other organizations in the same category as your client.(Told) P1: You seem to be a gym-goer. Tell me, what’s the motivation?(Interesting exchange) P2: You have leadership experience. Do you plan to spread gym culture at IIM Lucknow?(Didn’t expect this…lol) P1: Why don’t you start a gym?(I was like…what?! Handled it …pheww) P1: Okay, I’m done. (And he walked away) P2: Tell me one thing you like about BHU.(Told) P2: What do you dislike? Is politics involved in every IIT? P2: You can easily get into EY.(Told and justified my stance for MBA again) P2: Okay, that’s it from me.(I said, “Can I have a question moment?” and then smiled) P2: Yeah…sure. No one was asking anything today, so I didn’t bother you. Here they said that will be all.All the best to you. (Extremely chill interview … no acads …nothing substantial from work ex…. just casual conversation… I don’t what happened there)Duration: ~15 mins IIM-L Interview Experience 3 Venue: IIM Lucknow Campus, NoidaProfile:10th: 95%12th: 91.8%Graduation: B.E Mechanical (Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh) – 85.7%Work Experience:10 months – Alstom India Pvt ltd. (7/17–4/18)2 years -. ZS Associates India (5/18- 5/20) WAT TopicGreed is good… (Time limit: 20 mins)I wrote about how historically greed has been an initiator of change. How greed is the cause of competition and the need to be innovative and evolving. Though I maintained the fact that greed has always had negative consequences. Ended with mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s quote “There is enough for everyone’s need but not for anyone’s greed”. Personal Interview Experience2 panelists I greeted the panelists, and they asked me to sit down. Interviewer 1: Show me your 10th, 12th, and graduation mark sheets.(He looked through my personal data form.) Interviewer 1: Looks at my form and asks "Sharma Ji, aap bhi Punjab se ho!" (Because of my graduation in Chandigarh.) Me: (Smiling inside for the positive start of the interview but trying not to get carried away)"No sir, I am from Himachal Pradesh. I studied in Chandigarh from 2013 to 2017." Interviewer 1: Looking at my pre-interview form."You have mentioned your current work experience at ZS Associates. Tell me about it." Me: Told them about how I am currently working on sales and marketing projects for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. I mentioned my current project, which had an estimated budget of $3 million for a marketing campaign that involved segmentation.(Interviewer 2 was looking at me with a poker face.) Interviewer 1: Curiously "So, how does the pharma market work?" Me: I explained the patient cycle and the process of availing drugs after an HCP writes a prescription, including the claims process. I had some understanding of the US market and could answer properly. Interviewer 1: Asked me about the metrics to be used and the matrix of qualitative and quantitative fields. Me: Answered. (They cross-questioned me, but most of them were clarifications related to the market.) Interviewer 2: (Still had a poker face on. He gets up and starts to walk out. I keep calm and focus on the conversation ahead.) Interviewer 1: With a satisfied look on his face "Ye sab toh theek hai, but koi leadership role ka experience hai?" Me: I had a long list of experiences for this. I mentioned my leadership role in the LMRC metro project, where I led a team of 30 operators to carry out production activities for international metro projects. I explained how I managed the workforce with diligence (leave management, daily activity tracker, 5S, Lean, etc.) despite production pressure to deliver cars for the UP state elections. Interviewer 1: Asked me detailed questions about my work. Me: Answered a few but ensured I highlighted my experiences. (Interviewer 2 comes back and sits again. Still no questions or comments from him.) Interviewer 1: Seemed satisfied with the answers and started a casual conversation."Online series dekhte ho?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 1: "Kahaan dekhte ho?" Me: "I have Hotstar and Netflix subscriptions." Interviewer 1: "Tum to Ameer ho!" (He was having chai-biscuit and it felt more like a chai-sutta conversation I’d have with my colleagues.) Me: "No sir, it’s feasible when you share the subscription." I also explained how Netflix has various plans and price brackets. Interviewer 1: "Calculate the cost per person for these plans." Me: Answered correctly. Interviewer 2: Finally gives in and starts asking questions."Okay, tell me whether correlation is causation." Me: Answered. I had discussed this with my flatmates one day, so I could explain in detail. I also used Regression as an example to explain the difference and how it establishes a mathematical relationship between variables. Interviewer 2: "Draw the graph of correlation R = -1." Me: Took a pad and drew the graph. (He looked at it and gave no reaction.) Interviewer 2: Starts a casual conversation. "Do you see stand-up comedy?" Me: "Yes." Interviewer 2: "Do you know Kunal Kamra?" (I had seen his new stand-up two days back and had posted a John Lennon quote on my Instagram story.) Me: Discussed how Kunal Kamra uses comedy for political satire. I also mentioned the post and explained how humor acts as a means of expression, making the system uncomfortable and helpless, as it’s something they cannot easily counter. Interviewer 2: (Shook his head in affirmation and added additional details on the topic.) Me: (Nodded till he was done.) (He leaned back and looked at the old professor.) Interviewer 1: Goes through my profile and asks about the revenue of the companies I’ve worked for and my extra-curricular activities.(I mentioned being part of my university’s cricket team and dance club.) Interviewer 1: "Why didn’t you join the army? You mentioned you got through NDA SSB and were in the merit list." Me: Told him about my need to explore on my own and how I felt engineering was a better option for me at the time. (Spoke honestly about my choice, even though it wasn’t the best one.)(No reaction.) Interviewer 1: "Okay, I think we are done." Me: Got up and thanked them."Thank you, sirs. Have a nice day." IIM-L Interview Experience 4 Profile: Class 10 – 93Class 12 – 95CGPA – 6.9Interview: 1 Interviewer Interviewer: A very good morning. How are you? Me: Sir, a very good morning to you too. I am great and excited to participate in the interview. Interviewer: Well, great. May you introduce yourself? Me: I am ABC XYZ. I have completed my 10th standard in the year 2014 and my 12th standard in the year 2016 from PQR. In the year 2019, I completed my graduation from STP. I have worked as an SME at EHT for a period of N months. During the year 2020–2021, I was involved with QWE club as a core member, engaging in multiple activities of the club. Interviewer: You come from a good college. So, I hope you are through with all the Physics concepts. Can you tell me about the third law of thermodynamics? Me: Sir, thermodynamics talks about entropy. It states that the change in entropy is equal to the amount of heat transferred divided by the temperature of the system. Moreover, the entropy of the universe is increasing. Interviewer: So, do you really think that the entropy of the universe changes? Me: Yes, sir. The entropy of the universe increases indeed, and nothing has been found out which can disprove this theory. Interviewer: What do you mean by the change of entropy in layman’s terms? Me: To some extent, an increase in entropy can be correlated with an increase in disorder of the system. The more the entropy, the less orderly or more chaotic the system becomes. Interviewer: Well, tell me something. You know that we humans originate from monkeys. You must have observed monkeys. They jump up and down all the time. It can be said that they are in a state of high disorder. Whereas we humans are much calmer and are not as outrageous in our ways as the monkeys. But we developed from these monkeys. How does the second law of thermodynamics hold in this case? Me: Sir, as I have said earlier, it is the entropy of the entire universe that is on the increase as per the second law, not the individual components of the universe. Moreover, the disorder of an entity cannot be revealed through its physical activities alone. Interviewer: Still, can you give an explanation for this? Me: Well, even if we consider this, I can give you an alternate explanation. Monkeys may seem to be in a state of disorder as they keep springing and leaping from here to there, but their explorations are mostly restricted to a specific area, like a forest or a park. On the other hand, humans travel more. A person, on a daily basis, travels to multiple places, which are often far away from home. A person may travel to a different continent altogether, whether for holidays or business purposes. In this regard, a human might live in a more disorderly fashion than a monkey. This again is in tune with the second law. Interviewer: That seems fair. Well thought of. With this, we come to the end of the interview. All the best for the coming days. Me: Thank you very much, sir, for giving me this fantastic opportunity to sit for the interview. I hope I have given apt answers to your questions. Interviewer: You may leave. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 5 Profile: 95, 93.4, 9.16 (CAT: 99.95)BITS PILANI Chemical Engineering20 months worked in LogisticsProfessors: P1, P2. Shivam: S P1: What are you doing? S: (Started speaking about a video, but he stopped me.) P1: No, no, I mean are you working? S: Yes, Sir. At Delivery Private Limited. P1: What is your job role? S: (His video froze, I adjusted my screen) Explained my role. P1: What is your educational background? S: Sir, I have done my undergraduate in Chemical Engineering. I also went to NUS Singapore for my final year thesis. P1: Explain your thesis project. S: (Explained in great detail.) P1: So your project was related to Plastics. Which marine animal one should use to prepare plastics and why? S: I said brine shrimp because my project at NUS was related to that. But I gave random reasons. (He didn’t cross-question.) P1: Which ministry will you approach if you want to amend a policy in the plastics industry? S: (Said I don’t know.) P1: Who is the Chemical and Fertilizers minister? S: Sir, is it Devanand Gowda? (It is Sadanand Gowda.) P1: I am asking you this. S: (I smiled and said I am not sure.) P1: Who is the petroleum minister? S: (Couldn’t recall. Said sorry.) P2: Tell me three applications of math which are used in Chemical Engineering. S: Sir, Newton-Raphson, Simplex for LPP, differential equations for heat, and Navier-Stokes. P2: When is the simplex method used? S: (Explained. Talked about slack and surplus variable.) P2: No, no, don’t tell me the method. What is the starting solution? S: I said the first feasible solution would be X1 = X2 = 0. Then we find the intercept and perform the next iterations. P2: What is the bisection method? S: Sir, it is for root finding where the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0. P2: Which theorem is used that leads to the conclusion that the root lies between (X1, X2) if f(X1) * f(X2) < 0? S: (Said mean value theorem. I was not sure but tried to explain.) P1 (enters again): Who is XYZ? (Don’t remember the name he mentioned.) S: I don’t know. P1: So you don’t follow the news. S: Sir, I follow it, but I am unaware of this person. P1: So you come from Muzaffarpur. What is the historical significance of Muzaffarpur? S: (Told about how Muzaffarpur got its name and then spoke about Khudiram Bose and how his activities led to the rise of revolution in the Indian Freedom movement.) P1: Any medieval significance? S: (Talked about Magadha, Patliputra which is near Muzaffarpur, Gupta Dynasty, and Maurya Dynasty.) P1: What other calls do you have? S: Sir, I have calls from all the IIMs. P1: Old and new both? S: Yes, Sir. P1: Ok, you can log off. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 6 Lucknow had also very generously provided a fact sheet to brush up recent events in India and globally, which I went through diligently. So I was somewhat more confident on D-day. Visited Taj Bengal for the first time in more than 10 years. The panel consisted of a lady (L), and an older gentleman (G). The moment I took my seat, L: So Sambit you are into the theater! What kind of plays do you do?Me: (Aha! Area of strength!) I have done most of my acting in Bengali. In college, we generally re-enacted existing plays by the likes of Badal Sarkar, Bratya Basu, Utpal Dutta, etc. In Jamshedpur, we tried to put a little more of our creativity into the plays. We took some well-known stories of Tagore and others, and put in some original chunks to concatenate them, and presented them as a common theme. L: No I mean what have the themes of your plays been?Me: We have done everything from comedies, tragedies, political satire, to mythology. G: (cutting in) So being in the theatre circuit and all, what are your views on the debate going on about Freedom of Speech?Me: (Thank god for Google News) Sir I feel that whatever JNU students have said are definitely objectionable, however, morality and legality cannot be considered to be the same. It was wrong to have taken legal action against the students. G: (Slightly agitated) What are you saying! Have you seen the video where he is saying all that anti-national stuff?Me: Yes, but… L: (to G) Oh that video was doctored. It was a ploy of the politicians or the media.G: (to L) But how is it possible to edit a video so convincingly?L: They will do anything to create an issue.G: But they also had banners and signs saying the same thing.Me: sitting in awkward silence while the two panelists continue debating among themselves about the issue. Finally,L: So Sambit your final views on the matter?Me:(Remembering a quote but not who it was from) Ma’am all I would like to say is that I do not agree with what the students have said, but I will defend their right to be able to say it.L and G both look pleased. I hope this article helps you with your preparation. Keep going and All the very best! IIM-L Interview Experience 3 IIM-L Interview Experience 7 15/02/2021Panel 2Two panelists, both male BE ECEWorkex – 24 months, Data analyst P1: How has life been treating you these days?Me: I’m good (discussed my packed interview schedule with them) P1: So that’s good, you’ll get done early. So tell us about yourself.Me: (prepared answer) P1: How have you prepared for this interview?Me: spoke about life history, current affairs etc. P1: Acha, what should we question you on?Me: umm, football will be a good topic. P1: No, why football, why not cricket?Me: Not a big fan very honestly, gravitated towards football. P1: Okay what else then?Me: my work? P1: Everyone wants to talk about their work. Chalo tell us about your job.Me: (prepared answer) P1: What about statistics?Me: Okay sure sir. P1: Okay tell me a distribution other than the normal distribution.Me: gave a detailed answer on the binomial distribution. P1: What are type 1 and type 2 errors? Give examples.Me: Answered. Gave examples from my work itself. P2: What books have you read recently?Me: Spoke about Delhi by Khushwant Singh, The palace of illusions by Chitra Banerjee devakurni. Specifically spoke about the latter and the context of the book (written from the POV of Draupadi). P2: which other famous book has been written from the POV of a Mahabharata character?Me: didn’t know (stupid answer, it’s obviously the Gita) P1: So you’re an expert authority on the Mahabharata, which character do you relate to from the Mahabharata?Me: chuckled and said I’m no expert, both of them started laughing. I then spoke about Karan at length and how I’m a moral person. P1: You’re a moral person then why Karan? He was evil. So you support evil too?Here we had a really long back and forth on the definition of evil. How I felt it is very subjective and the Gita literally talks about a similar dilemma on Arjun’s mind. The panelist told me I would probably support Hitler but I stood my ground and told him that was clearly wrong, but in the Mahabharata’s context the moral ambiguities are quite apparent. P1: So will you sell poison to increase shareholder value?Me: Wouldn’t that be illegal? P1: Suppose you find a way, then?Me: I won’t, it doesn’t align with my principles.P1: Okay that’s what I wanted to know. P2: There’s only one great book by Khushwant Singh, in my opinion, which one is it?Me: this is the first time I’m reading him, so I don’t know that. P2: So this book on Delhi, what is it about?Me: Said it’s about the history of the city from the 13th till the 20th Century. P2: A very famous history professor passed away recently, who was he?Me: I’m unable to remember his name but I’m sure he was a faculty at DU.P2: Yes he was a professor at DU. P2: Why did you pick up this book by him?Me: Said how I was at the airport and was interested in the topic. P1: Any questions for us?I asked one question It felt like a borderline stress interview, but a good panel with quality questions. IIM-L Interview Experience 9 Electrical and Electronics Engineering/NIT Calicut/FresherTwo panelists(Both males) M1 around 45-50 in age, M2 around 30-35 M1: So You got the first position in a quiz on Engineer’s day. Tell me who is (a very complicated south Indian name which I had never heard before) (grilling) M1: 1-2 Questions related to power systems (grilling) M1: Your grades were low during the 1st year…any reason?(gave the well-prepared answer, panelist nods in satisfaction) M1: so have you studied any management-related subject during your engineering? M1: Give your opinion on farm laws(after listening to my opinion, he initiated the conversation and gave his opinion on the same) M1: what are your interests?(told that I like to cook, playing badminton, football and have an interest in Stock Markets) Over to panelist 2M2: So you mentioned stock markets, have you traded before?(shared my experience during the stock market crash due to covid and lockdown) M2: tell me how do you choose a stock(explained in detail about the 4-5 parameters that I consider) M2: what is the P/E ratio? M2: what value of P/E ratio you would choose while choosing the stock?(explained the ideal P/E ratio and how it changes year on year basis and can’t be solely relied upon and other factors to be considered) (satisfied look from panelist) M2: what if I purchase a stock of P/E ratio lying between 30-40(explained with example) M2: okay one math question: draw the graph of y=square root (x)(drawn) M2: does it touch anywhere on the X-axisM2: Okay, thank you IIM-L Interview Experience 10 2 panelists Both Male one in 40s and other in his 50s P1- Asked where are you from P2- Give a short intro ( talked about that and last mentioned Saskhar Bharat Mission and my Job offer from TCS) P2- Asked about literacy P2- Asked why MBA and then told me to go to work with TCS rather doing an MBA( I gave my reasons for why I want to do MBA) P2- then mail to TCS and say that you don’t want their boring job P2- Asked about flip flops ( couldn’t answer and tried to divert but he came back) P2- Asked about Fourier transform P1- Gave me sequence questions and asked about it P1- if price of Wheat and data is increased what would I choose. P1- who manufacturers Ashirwad atta and how do they regulate the prices P1- what other calls do you have P1- you may leave IIM-L Interview Experience 11 2 panel members 1M (40+): Mostly a professor 1F (30+): Mostly an Alumni P1: Good morningMe: Good morning Sir and Ma’am P1: So you have graduated in 2018….your specialization?Me: Mechanical Engineering P1: Where do you work and what does the company do?Me: Answered P1: What does your team do?Me: Answered P1: As you work in the Oil and Gas sector, do you think India can move towards Renewable energy? What is your opinionMe: Gave an elaborate answer P1: What sources of news do you read?Me: Gave an answer and included that I’m interested in world affairs. Since I am interested in geopolitics I have also read S. Jaishankar’s “The India Way” which was recently published P1: So you are interested in geopolitics.. does geopolitics play a huge role in Energy sector? What is the impact of politics on the energy sector?Me: Gave an elaborate answer P2: What makes someone a huge failure?Me: Answered with example (They seem impressed) P2: You have mentioned a quote “Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes so learn from others”, some people say that MBA is a mistake so why not drop the idea of an MBA and take their advice?Me: Answered (Answer was okayish I guess) P2: You have written in your form that “With greater power comes greater responsibility”Give me an example of a person you follow, which has or had great power but failed miserably Me: Answered but I couldn’t think of a good example at that momentP2: Thank you! You can leave. Best of luck Pretty chilled out interview. Panelist were also in a good mood. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 12 CSE Major – 2019 passed out They were eating and asking 1. I thought you were going to come in normal dress why did you wear all formals? 2. For which course are you chosen? PGP / PGP ABM 3. What is your preference? 4. If you don’t get anything except PGP ABM – Will you join? – I said no 5. Show me your ID – showed PAN card 6. Which department issues PAN card? 7. Types of Taxes? 8. Difference between personal tax and GST? 9. √-12 x √-14? 10. If travel half the distance from source to destination and then again half of it and I will keep repeating – how much time will it take? – I said it will become an infinite series 11. How does it become infinite – the distance is limited right? 12. How do you find the continuity of a function? 13.1 If graph is not given? 14. Minister of social welfare? – couldn’t answer 15. Minister of external affairs, Finance minister? Time: 15-20 min Couldn’t answer anything properly.Overall it went very bad IIM-L Interview Experience 13 1M 1F (Both Soft Spoken) BBA (Finance and Accounting) Hello, How are you….Da da da F: So what are you doing nowadays? Walk us through your day to day activitiesTold (I mentioned that I’m trying to learn Intraday Trading) M: So when do you think markets are going to crash?Told him that I’m no expert in this M&F: Which all subjects did you have? What was you favourite subject in which you scored highestTold them the subjectsTold them that favourite subject and highest score subject are different M: Asked a random case, what kind of investment will you suggest a 60years oldShort Discussion happened F: You’re young, why don’t you travel or gain some experience and then get into the MBA? (Basically Why MBA)Told F: Jatin tell us something about yourself, like your greatest achievement or anythingAsked them if I can mention an achievement from personal frontThey said sureThen told. F: You’ve grown above your age Jatin. Be happy and all the best Thankyou  For more GD Topics IIM-L Interview Experience 14 Two panelists: F and M 1. M: We tried to connect to you but there was nothing, never mind. Tell something abt yourselfTold the practiced one 2. M: So you want to do a MBA, thus you will resign from your job or take a study leave.Sir my company gives sabbatical after 5 years of service only, although I would request them to offer me a sabbatical but if they don’t then will go for resignation. 3. F: So you work in a oil rig right?Yes Mam I am currently at a rig 4. F: So the oil prices are rising how your company is going to benefit from that.Mam the oil price have increased due to extra tax put on by state and central government. The crude oil prices are somewhat stable. But if crude oil prices increase my company is going to benefit from that as it has low price per barrel. 5. F: But if your company buys a downstream firm then how the petrol price fluctuation will affect you.Mam my company bought a downstream firm two years back. It helps to form a buffer zone to accommodate fluctuations. If crude oil prices increase then by default we benefit otherwise the downstream company will help us to earn benefits 6. M: So what are your hobbies?Sir Cooking, Reading and Watching Movies 7. M: So what you like to cook?Sir the most I like is to make chicken 8. M: You know only one thing to make and you say like cooking.No sir I can make from chappati to full course meal, chicken is something which I love to make. 9. M: How many types of chicken do you make?Sir I don’t have any count but I keep doing experiments. Recently during lockdown I learned to make a Turkish style chicken in which we fry the spices initially and add it to chicken in the end. 10. M: I love to cook myself thats why I am so eager. Ok what else was your hobby?Sir Watching movies and reading 11. M: What type of movies do you watch?Sir I like the movies from the director Christopher Nolan. Inception and Dark Knight Trilogy are my favorite. I also watch movies based on underworld and crime thrillers of Scorsese. 12. M: Ok So you watch Netflix series also?Sir I am not a Netflix series fan. I like the concept of Movie rather than of series 13. F & M: Ok Akshay It was nice talking to you. You may now log out.It was pleasure to talking you as well. Thank You Overall the interview was very calm. Both the interviewers were very accommodating and let me answer completely. I panicked in Tell Me about yourself as it was more than 90 minutes and there was no reponse from Admission Office. After a couple of calls I was able to activate my link. The interview took approx 10 to 15 minutes to complete.Thanks. Check all our Free Resources HERE IIM-L Interview Experience 15 GEM7 months experience in telecom. P1Why MBA after engineering? What are EM waves ? Explain 5G STA implementation of 5G? (My Btech Project) Questions on implementation of 5G and India’s struggle P2The questions related to my SOP P3Now Why MBA? You should continue with engineering related field I believe, you will do well. Current Affairs- Reliance Oil to chemical biz. Stress Interview, panelists were cutting down every now and then. Get your GDPI sorted with us to get selected into IIMs IIM-L Interview Experience 16 Two panelist male(very old and arrogant) and female (young and smiling) entire interview:: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why grad marks are low 3. Are you good at maths 4. Political leaders from your state 5. 1+logx graph 6. X intercept of above graph 7. 5/10+55/100+555/1000+5555/10000……. 8. (1+x)**n expansion 9. Definition of π 10. No of constituency 11. Why scored low in 3 rd year as I gave reason for first two years only 12. Why are you double minded 13. What will be your specialization?? 14. What do you do in your free time (said cricket)Answered all of em and they were satisfied except one question thought interview was going well) 15. Don’t you read books ??(I said I don’t read ) 16. Even one book??Chetan Bhagat answered(All of us laughing) 17. Are you good at English??(This was the worst mistake I did )I said i am okay with it not as good as mathsThey asked spelling of accessoriesIf you answered you will be selected if not rejected serious and sad faces from them????Spelled wronglyFinally they said it’s okTry it for next year you will be doing fine you don’t get selected this year. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 17 Bsc maths hons.Fresher Asked about sri Venkateswara college Then applications of mathematics in business(I gave the example.of marginal cost and revenue). Next follow up quesn. On marginal revenue. A quesn. Of the shortest path for an ant to travel along the longest diagonal of a cube but not through the longest diagonal. Cabinet minister in delhi and about legislative assembly. Then quesn. On signature bridge. (What’s special about it) Why have I done Mathematics if I wanted to do an MBA as maths required for an MBA is done by 12th. . (Countered him by saying the importance of mathematical modelling in Business) Next quesn. On Covid mathematical modelling. (That there were many models done in march -april on covid, are they are all in futility?) .(Countered it ) Then what do you like apart from mathematics and why?(Said marketing) Difference between sales and marketing? Since I’m a Goyal- Baniya , next quesn about that. Who was the first baniya? ( I didn’t knew) And then he told me answer was Maharaja Agrasen, then I remembered. And that was it.(There were two people in the panel but only one asked the questions throughout the interview)(Seemed like a friendly conversation rather than an interview) Learn from CAT Toppers and make your IIM dream come true IIM-L Interview Experience 20 F1, F2 – Male (40 years) F1 – Show us one of your identity proofsShown F1 – Introduce YourselfGave an well prepared answer F2 – So, you are from Civil Engineering!!Yes, Sir. F2 – Why your grades are low in UndergraduationTold that organized more than 10 events continuously. But topped in the 8th sem in the batch. F2 – What is Cantilever BeamAnswered F2 – Draw a Cantilever beamDrawn F2 – Show me the cross section of a cantilever beam if I cut that at a point PDrawn F2 – Draw the Shear Force Diagram and Bending Moment Diagram of that thing.SFD was correct, BMD was wrong F1 – Why there are gaps in the Roads?Told about to bear stress and all. F1 – Draw what have you saidOut of scope. So, Don’t know. F1 – While marching on a Bridge, the footsteps are not matched. Why?Don’t know sir. But will take a guess.Due to slight Oscillation of the bridge F1 – So, you are from Odisha. Tell me one famous person from there apart from Naveen BabuSaid about Dharmendra Pradhan F1 – So, is there not any other famous personalities other tham him in the pas too?Told about Ex-PM P V Narsimha Rao contesting from my constituency (he said ok, great) F1- Ok, X. Thank You for your time. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 20 F1, F2 – Male (40 years) F1 – Show us one of your identity proofsShown F1 – Introduce YourselfGave an well prepared answer F2 – So, you are from Civil Engineering!!Yes, Sir. F2 – Why your grades are low in UndergraduationTold that organized more than 10 events continuously. But topped in the 8th sem in the batch. F2 – What is Cantilever BeamAnswered F2 – Draw a Cantilever beamDrawn F2 – Show me the cross section of a cantilever beam if I cut that at a point PDrawn F2 – Draw the Shear Force Diagram and Bending Moment Diagram of that thing.SFD was correct, BMD was wrong F1 – Why there are gaps in the Roads?Told about to bear stress and all. F1 – Draw what have you saidOut of scope. So, Don’t know. F1 – While marching on a Bridge, the footsteps are not matched. Why?Don’t know sir. But will take a guess.Due to slight Oscillation of the bridge F1 – So, you are from Odisha. Tell me one famous person from there apart from Naveen BabuSaid about Dharmendra Pradhan F1 – So, is there not any other famous personalities other tham him in the pas too?Told about Ex-PM P V Narsimha Rao contesting from my constituency (he said ok, great) F1- Ok, X. Thank You for your time. Kickstart your IIM WAT-PI Preparation now with our expert mentors IIM-L Interview Experience 33 Date: 23 Jan 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30Panel: 4 Profile: GEM, 10/96.6/9.5, 99.78%ileWork ex: 13 mo (till 31 July ‘22) Documents verification till 2PMWAT Topic: Equity is a utopia (10-15 mins. No additional time to think) Interview Duration: ~20 minutesPanellists: M/M (Both in 40s)Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone. P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too? I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Also read: IIM interview questions IIM-L Interview Experience 34 Profile:X: 95XII: 95.6B.Tech CSE: 82.6Gen, CAT: 99.88Working from Jul 22, so only 1 month WAT topic: India is not an emerging economy, rather a re-emerging economy, 15 mins and 300 words Tell me about yourself How can a hacker get access What issue do you think was there with AIIMS servers Difference between python and c# How to convert C# to python Why MBA now, why not work for some years Are you applying because you don’t like your job? Asked about other calls and asked why I did not convert some of them Inflation rate in India WAT (15 min)- Next recession will be due to cryptocurrencies PI (20 min)1. Why you choose PGP & ABM both? What kind of exposure in ABM? Grilled on ABM for 5 minutes 2. Many random things about Ahmedabad (native place) 3. About my college 4. Day to day activities in current work ex & tools used in project management 5. What calls you have? (Told that I have B, C, L, I) then asked Which one you will choose? Also read: IIM L interview experience   IIM-L Interview Experience 35 Profile BE mechanical NC obc 96.71 percentile10-94, 12-94, grad 8.2Work experience 58 months WAT: Equity is utopia.. Why MBA, why not executive..??Answered… Lots of talk on that.. Working principle of electric vehicle.. Answered.. Working principle of hybrid vehicle… Asked about work experience details.. Answered.. Again talk on why are u wasting time to do on MBA.. How many promotion u got.. Why are u staying in same company for this long.. Answered Why inflation is happening..?? Current inflation rate in India..?? How to control inflation..?? Why entire global is facing inflation..?? Why lots of lay off happening..?? Whats happening currently in Pakistan…?? What’s happening in turkey..?? Why europe is facing energy crsis…?? Integrate log x That’s all…Overall it was very chill interview… No grilling… Expect that why not executive…?? Grilled a lot on that… IIM-L Interview Experience 36 23rd Jan – Mumbai – 12:30pm – Panel 1Profile – 9/7/6Cat – 90.11% WAT – Markets are a great equaliser.(No time to think, 15 mins time) Two Panelists Say P1 and P2.P1 in his mid 30sP2 in his mid 40s I went inside. Greeted them.P1 – Have a seat .He started directly with, “Did you notice the paintings in the waiting room where you were sitting right now?”Me – I think I have missed it but I’ll make sure to take a look afterward.P1 – Didn’t you see clearly around you? ( He started grilling right from the start)Me – I’ll take a look afterwards. I missed it .(Note – I went in the waiting room after the interview to check the paintings, there weren’t any. so yes they were successful in bringing my confidence down)P1 continued – Let it be. What is AI.ME -AnsweredP1 – What is chatGpt?Me – Answered.P1 – Don’t you think if the AI becomes mature , we humans are going to lose all our jobs.Me – I took a stand saying complete elimination of the Human workforce is not possible. We’ll need less workers who’ll be highly skilled and task will be supervision of this AI.P1 – He counter questioned with how did I come up to the interview location? ( He was trying to establish a point that We are already dependent on Google Maps)Me – I stood firm on my perspective. That maps have also been prepared by Human. He seemed satisfied with the answer.P1 – is technology bringing us closer ?Me – AnsweredP2 enters. He was playing a bad cop roll.P2 – Explain your work ex .Me – AnsweredP2 – Few questions related to Work ex ( grilled me a little) he went into statistics as I’m a Data Analyst)Me – Answered.So I have a Mtech Degree already and I’m going for MBA now. So he said in Hindi. Umar kya he tumari? I said 25. He was like aarey tum toh shadi vaadi karlo yaar. Kyun padhna he . I told him why. Seemed satisfied.P1 comes back – what do you do in your leisure timeMe – answered.P1 – some questions related to hobbies. He went deep in it.Me – answered everything.P1 – Who’s the CEO of Microsoft, Who’s the owner of Microsoft, What is the parent company of Google, Who is the CEO of Meta.Me – Answered allP1 – so don’t you think instead of going out our youth should stay back in India and work here onlyMe – I agreed with him and told him why it is not happening. He seemed satisfied. P2 – Okay that’s it. Thank you.Interview was around 25 mins. I was shattered by the first two questions. No tell me about yourself nothing. They caught me in the Paintings question but I somehow managed to keep it together. Overall Good experience. They are not letting you to be the driver of the interview.  So, just keep calm and be confident. Also read: WAT PI for IIM IIM-L Interview Experience 37 8/7/8Cat – 95.3 with 27 month work-exMany extracurricular IM spec3 panelist – late 40s, early 50s, late 30s – all malePretty cool interviewers but might dig deep and go to the core of what made you say certain answers 1. about yourself apart from resume/application (mentioned trekking)2. Asked me a trekking experience3. Why MBA even tho in MBB4. Follow up on above5. Follow up 2,3,4… on above6. Still not clear but why SPJ7. Why not other IIM8. What specific in tech industry you like IIM-L Interview Experience 38 Date 28th Jan WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes– Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy– Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon– Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name– Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon– Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud– Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ?– Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 39 Date: 23 January 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30 PMPanel: 4 Profile Summary Category: GEM (General Engineer Male) Academics: 10th: 96.6% 12th: 96.6% Graduation: 9.5 CGPA CAT Percentile: 99.78%ile Work Experience: 13 months (till 31 July 2022) Process Document Verification: Completed by 2:00 PM WAT Topic: Equity is a Utopia Duration: 10–15 minutes Details: No additional thinking time provided. Interview Details Duration: ~20 minutes Panel Composition: Two male panelists (Both in their 40s) Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone.P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure the unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too?I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Courses for IIM GDPI – Register now IIM-L Interview Experience 40 Date: 28th JanLocation: Bangalore WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes – Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon – Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud – Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ? Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 41 Profile- 10/9/8Cat – 99.42% 2 MaleM1 – Tell me about yourselfMe – Told the rehearsed answerM1- So you like cricket, then give us the technical reason due to which a ball swingsMe – gave the basic reasonings for the swinging of the ball but couldn’t give the techn answerM1 – What are your fav subjects?Me – ML, Oops, mathsM1- Only these many, didn’t you go to college for 4 years, tell me moreMe- DBMS alsoM1 – What is BCNFMe – Explained the entire process of normalisation(1NF, 2NF etc)M1 – What is partial dependency?Me – explained and even wrote an exampleM1- What is inheritance?Me – ExplainedM1- why do you need parent class if child class has all the features of the parent class?Me – explainedM1 – What is polymorphism?Me – explained with an exampleM1 – cross questioned me on the example M2 – So what do you read, do you know anything about what is going on?Me – Read mint and somewhere along the lines inserted my liking towards financeM2 – Tell me about financeMe – Started yelling him about financial statements, how to evaluate a companyM2 – Tumhe toh sabh aata hai, phir kya zaroorat hamaari?Me- Explained how I only knew the theory and how you guys will help with practical skills, also added their slogan somewhere in between.M2 – Started questioning me about cash flows and how a cash flow sheet looks and we had a discussion about it.M2 – Who is president of India?Me – answeredM2 – Vice president?Me – dont knowM2 – neighboring countries of India?Me – answered (but I missed China)M2 – you missed the biggest threat to IndiaM2 – any female president of our neighbouring states who is famous rt now?Me – dont knowM2 – Extempore now, what do you want to speak on?Me – CricketM1 – old generation of cricketers are saying that t20 is destroying test matches – extemporeMe – spoke for about 1-1.5 minM1 – Thank you Overall, the interviewers were quite chill. IIM-L Interview Experience 42 Date: 21 Feb 2023 12:30PMLocation: IIML Noida CampusProfile: GEM with 37 months workex in CRM WAT: Geopolitics- Are we on a verge of World War 3? Interview Exp:1. Tell us about Yourself2. What do your parents do?3. Campus Placement? What do u do in IBM?4. What is CRM?5. What do u do in your work?6. Inspite doing Civil Engg. Why pursuing career in IT?7. Why MBA?8. You can learn about MBA courses on youtube also, why IIM?9. How will your peers help you in learning and not pull you down?10. Why Punjab being so rich during independence has not been developed, infact it is continuously declining?11. Why there is no growth of IT and industrial sector in Punjab?12. Why brain drain from Punjab to Canada? And why only Canada not other countries?13. What is Khalistan movement that is emerging in Punjab?14. How a single report from Hindenberg can effect the economy as a whole?15. Has Adani done any scam? What are your views on it?16. What other calls do you have and your preference? Overall a chill pannel, Interview being conversational and derived based on my opinions on various topics. Lasted for around 10-12 minutes. SPJain Group Interview Experience ft. Prantik IIM-L Interview Experience 43 P1 :Q1 introduce yourselfInterrupted in betweenQ2 you are from IT background elaborate on budget relating to something announced by government in area of ITTold about sangram portalQ3: Major schemes announced by the government? Told 4-5Q4: currency of UK and USA (Told)Q5: Currency of Europe : forgot. Capital of srilanka: forgot although I knew answer but was kind of rapid fire so got nervousQ6 RBI Governor of India : toldQ7 Finance minister of India: toldP2:Q1 calculate chance of selecting 2 candidates out of 8 candidates-Mentioned ncr formula permutations and combinationsQ2 : what do you do in free timeTold hobbies and i tnterest dancing and reading about current happenings in IT feildQ3 name 5 dance forms in IndiaMentioned kathal bharatanatyam bihu BhangraQ4 which newspaper and magazines you readMentioned about ET and YouTube sourcesQ5 latest IT updateTold about integration of WhatsApp and chat GPTQ6 any major announcement by MicrosoftTold about internet explorer permanently kill from windows 10Q7 He asked diffrence between internet explorer and edgeTold Lastly thank you you may log off IIM-L Interview Experience 44 22nd Feb 2023PGP, PGP-ABMMorning slot, Panel 7, second last candidateBackground: Economic Honours(Whole interview was in hindi) As soon as I entered the room, they started asking back to back questions--Awadhi or Bhraji me difference batao-Name one woman in Mahabharat who had managerial skills-Who was Draupadi?-Draupadi ki wajah se Mahabharat hui thi, agree krti ho ki disagree-One woman leader in mythology(I had no idea about Mahabharat or Ramayan or mythology, they were randomly asking anything)-Came back to draupadi even though I mentioned I had no interest in mythology-Kaha se ho? (Kanpur)-Language used in Kanpur (I said Kanpuriya)-Chalo fir ek Kanpuriya joke sunado jaldi se (wasn’t able to think of any at that point of time)-Acha kanpur se ho toh ek kabir ka doha hi sunado (wasn’t able to recollect)-They came back to the joke part and said “ek Kanpuriya joke sunado fir pakka lelenge tumhe ”-Then they went on to my workex and asked why I left the job (explained)-Hobbies -reading writing jaisi koi hobby hai kya tumhari? (I said dancing)-Kaunsa dance pasand hai?-Kathak or freestyle dancing me difference batao-Bharatnatyam or Kathak me difference batao (mentioned their respective states but they asked for more reasons)-Mudras for Bharatnatyam (I said I don’t know)-“Chalo tumhari padhai pe aate hai thoda, economics se ho chalo economics ko hindi me kya kehte hai batao ”-Current India’s GDP-Agriculture share in GDP-Why have you filled in for ABM as well?-A question related to my personal experience I mentioned and asked if it was morally correct or ethically correct-How many people in the WAT were wearing red tie in your panel? (I randomly said 3)-They asked me to point towards the chair where they were sitting (I pointed out randomly)-Why are you not wearing a tie?-Ladkiyo ko tie pehnna mana hota hai kya?-Again asked the same question and said “mana nahi hota toh tumne kyu nahi pehni”-Okay you can go now A very weird and random interview. They were laughing throughout the interview. Not a great experience honestly. IIM-L Interview Experience 45 Profile: 95/93/8.25B.Arch16 months Workex Venue: ITC KAKATIYA, HYDERABAD WAT Topic: What would a global Cyber-War look like? We were given 15 mins to think and write. Two Panelists, both Male, both early 50sP1, P2, M P2: Please give us your personal data formP1: So, Jyoti, tell me a little bit about yourself.M: ToldP2: Why is x⁰=1? Prove it.M: Can I take a moment sir? (I was trying to relate my 12th maths, but nothing came to mind, I lost touch with maths long back)M: Sorry Sir, unable to think of anything.P1: How long you’ve been in Vizag? And why Vizag? You’re an Odiya, no?(Had mentioned that dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot)M: Father retired here sir, we had to move with him.P1: Jyoti, according to Hindu Mythology, when we enter any space, toilet shouldn’t be on the left (I think he meant according to Vaastu). Why do you think it’s at the entrance of the hotel room?(smiling a devil smile, since as architects we’ve worked so much on toilet details xD)M: Told him it was due to the pipelines that need to be placed to take out the sewage, if we kept the toilets out, we’ll see ugly pipes all over the building and no one likes that. Also, the balcony space reduces.(P2 silently nodding)P1: Jyoti, since you’ve been in the hall below and I’m sure you must’ve been around the hotel, how do you think the architecture of the building is?(Oh, he’s making it too easy xD)M: Told him how ITC had a portfolio of hotels that were all PLATINUM LEED rated, green buildings. All the hotels combined classic and contemporary architecture, various color schemes, thought of minute details (there was a shoe polisher in the washroom – I was impressed by such detailed thinking)P1: How so you think is the architecture of this room?M: The room has a whole big balcony and grand view of the city. Ample sunglight and cozy interior makes it even more better.(P1 was trying to gauge my undergrad knowledge, I was happy)P2: What factors would you consider while designing an office?M: Gave him an example of how if he was to approach me to design his office, how the process would go about.P1: What’s the area of Vizag in Sq. Kms?(Haha, gotcha – P2)(uh-oh)M: Can I take a guess sir? I don’t remember the exact figure!P1: Why? Recently the CM decided that it will be the capital of AP and every detail was mentioned in the report.M: Sorry sir, but I’ll definitely take a look at it later.P2: Why do you want to leave architecture and do an MBA?M: Sir, I don’t actually want to leave it, but want to continue with it in the long term vision, where I create my own startup on sustainable housing (explained in detail)(before I could say, and that’s why MBA, they asked another question)P1: Do you think architecture and Vaastu can function together?M: Told that Vaastu Shastra and Architecture should have a balance. Vastu is also based on Science. (Explained a little bit more)P2: How do you calculate the cost of a project?M: Told.P1: What is the Bill of Quantities you just mentioned and how do we calculate it?M: Told. Told him that unit price of a material and some samples are shown to the client and he chooses according to budget and then we calculate how much of that material is used.P1, P2 – Okay I think we’re done. That’s it. Thank you.M – Thank you sir. Should I send the other candidate in?P1 – No, we’ll call him. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 46 Hyderabad 25 Feb afternoon slot9/9/8 CAT percentile: 98.812 Panelists (P1- Marketing, 35yr old, P2- HRM, 55yr old) P1: Introduce yourself and why IIM lucknow. ToldP1: IIM Lucknow vs IIM Calcutta and what you will choose. Chose lucknow & they were laughingP2: Asked about Kanpur. ToldP2: Asked about institutes in Kanpur and the textile industry in there. (couldn’t tell about textile) P2: UP Global investor summit. ToldP2: Ganga cruise ship model in India and govt steps. (told something) P2: Something about river tributaries. (Could tell) P1: Club related question during college. (Told) Duration: 15min IIM-L Interview Experience 47 Noida campus8/9/7 Bcom venky DUCat – 85.56 SC category P1- Introduce yourselfMe: Little background, Told about upsc with economics optional , hobbies , long term goal integrated why mba Meanwhile P2 playing all sort of tricks already , got up midway my intro , walked across and started eating kaju badam P1- You graduated in 2020 still fresher ?Me: Told fascination towards public policy that world of newspapers introduced me to , devoted my 2 years of hardwork P1- Whats up with your upsc journey?Did you write any mainsMe: No missed marginally in my 2 nd attempt P1- What were your subjects in economics ?Me: Micro , macro, international econ, development econ P1- Asked about sri lanka crisisAnswered P1- Someone commented that India would go on same path if it introduced such policies like sri lankan, tell me the name and the policy they were talking about ? Me: Did try to draw parallel about the populist measures that sri lanka introduced to please sinhalise population and how india could have gone that wrong path had they introduced deep tax cuts in budget to please voters for general elections 24 However told i couldn’t recollect the specific policy and name of the person P1- What is price ceiling?ToldP1- The products its applicable to ?Couldn’t answer however told essential commodities P1- What is drawback of price ceiling?Told distorts market mechanism of demand and supply P1- How would you rate yourself on this answer?Told 6.5- 7 P1- How else could you have answered it?Me: Same but couldn’t think of any commodity that it is currently applicable to P1 to P2 He desrves less than 6.5 P2- You are from MP..What river flows thru sarangpur ? ( town i am from)Told kali sindh , Tributary of chambal P2- Where does chambal originate?Told mhow near indore and It joins yamuna in UP We’re doneYou can leave MBA Advice | Should I Join New IIMs or Repeat for CAT Exam? | Are New IIMs Worth Joining?   Access our CAT 2022 Course Here Read All WAT-PI Experiences For ‘FREE’ Here 1000 Students Made it to IIMs in 2020-21 from CATKing Family. Be The Next! Join Now! Also, Read IIM Indore Experiences|IIM Shillong Interview Experiences|10 tips to crack CAT CAT Exam: Dealing with RC passages|Important quant topics for CAT IIM-L Interview Experience 33 Date: 23 Jan 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30Panel: 4 Profile: GEM, 10/96.6/9.5, 99.78%ileWork ex: 13 mo (till 31 July ‘22) Documents verification till 2PMWAT Topic: Equity is a utopia (10-15 mins. No additional time to think) Interview Duration: ~20 minutesPanellists: M/M (Both in 40s)Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone. P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too? I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Also read: IIM interview questions IIM-L Interview Experience 34 Profile:X: 95XII: 95.6B.Tech CSE: 82.6Gen, CAT: 99.88Working from Jul 22, so only 1 month WAT topic: India is not an emerging economy, rather a re-emerging economy, 15 mins and 300 words Tell me about yourself How can a hacker get access What issue do you think was there with AIIMS servers Difference between python and c# How to convert C# to python Why MBA now, why not work for some years Are you applying because you don’t like your job? Asked about other calls and asked why I did not convert some of them Inflation rate in India WAT (15 min)- Next recession will be due to cryptocurrencies PI (20 min)1. Why you choose PGP & ABM both? What kind of exposure in ABM? Grilled on ABM for 5 minutes 2. Many random things about Ahmedabad (native place) 3. About my college 4. Day to day activities in current work ex & tools used in project management 5. What calls you have? (Told that I have B, C, L, I) then asked Which one you will choose? Also read: IIM L interview experience   IIM-L Interview Experience 35 Profile BE mechanical NC obc 96.71 percentile10-94, 12-94, grad 8.2Work experience 58 months WAT: Equity is utopia.. Why MBA, why not executive..??Answered… Lots of talk on that.. Working principle of electric vehicle.. Answered.. Working principle of hybrid vehicle… Asked about work experience details.. Answered.. Again talk on why are u wasting time to do on MBA.. How many promotion u got.. Why are u staying in same company for this long.. Answered Why inflation is happening..?? Current inflation rate in India..?? How to control inflation..?? Why entire global is facing inflation..?? Why lots of lay off happening..?? Whats happening currently in Pakistan…?? What’s happening in turkey..?? Why europe is facing energy crsis…?? Integrate log x That’s all…Overall it was very chill interview… No grilling… Expect that why not executive…?? Grilled a lot on that… IIM-L Interview Experience 36 23rd Jan – Mumbai – 12:30pm – Panel 1Profile – 9/7/6Cat – 90.11% WAT – Markets are a great equaliser.(No time to think, 15 mins time) Two Panelists Say P1 and P2.P1 in his mid 30sP2 in his mid 40s I went inside. Greeted them.P1 – Have a seat .He started directly with, “Did you notice the paintings in the waiting room where you were sitting right now?”Me – I think I have missed it but I’ll make sure to take a look afterward.P1 – Didn’t you see clearly around you? ( He started grilling right from the start)Me – I’ll take a look afterwards. I missed it .(Note – I went in the waiting room after the interview to check the paintings, there weren’t any. so yes they were successful in bringing my confidence down)P1 continued – Let it be. What is AI.ME -AnsweredP1 – What is chatGpt?Me – Answered.P1 – Don’t you think if the AI becomes mature , we humans are going to lose all our jobs.Me – I took a stand saying complete elimination of the Human workforce is not possible. We’ll need less workers who’ll be highly skilled and task will be supervision of this AI.P1 – He counter questioned with how did I come up to the interview location? ( He was trying to establish a point that We are already dependent on Google Maps)Me – I stood firm on my perspective. That maps have also been prepared by Human. He seemed satisfied with the answer.P1 – is technology bringing us closer ?Me – AnsweredP2 enters. He was playing a bad cop roll.P2 – Explain your work ex .Me – AnsweredP2 – Few questions related to Work ex ( grilled me a little) he went into statistics as I’m a Data Analyst)Me – Answered.So I have a Mtech Degree already and I’m going for MBA now. So he said in Hindi. Umar kya he tumari? I said 25. He was like aarey tum toh shadi vaadi karlo yaar. Kyun padhna he . I told him why. Seemed satisfied.P1 comes back – what do you do in your leisure timeMe – answered.P1 – some questions related to hobbies. He went deep in it.Me – answered everything.P1 – Who’s the CEO of Microsoft, Who’s the owner of Microsoft, What is the parent company of Google, Who is the CEO of Meta.Me – Answered allP1 – so don’t you think instead of going out our youth should stay back in India and work here onlyMe – I agreed with him and told him why it is not happening. He seemed satisfied. P2 – Okay that’s it. Thank you.Interview was around 25 mins. I was shattered by the first two questions. No tell me about yourself nothing. They caught me in the Paintings question but I somehow managed to keep it together. Overall Good experience. They are not letting you to be the driver of the interview.  So, just keep calm and be confident. Also read: WAT PI for IIM IIM-L Interview Experience 37 8/7/8Cat – 95.3 with 27 month work-exMany extracurricular IM spec3 panelist – late 40s, early 50s, late 30s – all malePretty cool interviewers but might dig deep and go to the core of what made you say certain answers 1. about yourself apart from resume/application (mentioned trekking)2. Asked me a trekking experience3. Why MBA even tho in MBB4. Follow up on above5. Follow up 2,3,4… on above6. Still not clear but why SPJ7. Why not other IIM8. What specific in tech industry you like IIM-L Interview Experience 38 Date 28th Jan WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes– Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy– Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon– Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name– Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon– Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud– Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ?– Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 39 Date: 23 January 2023Venue: WelcomHotel by ITC, BangaloreTime: 12:30 PMPanel: 4 Profile Summary Category: GEM (General Engineer Male) Academics: 10th: 96.6% 12th: 96.6% Graduation: 9.5 CGPA CAT Percentile: 99.78%ile Work Experience: 13 months (till 31 July 2022) Process Document Verification: Completed by 2:00 PM WAT Topic: Equity is a Utopia Duration: 10–15 minutes Details: No additional thinking time provided. Interview Details Duration: ~20 minutes Panel Composition: Two male panelists (Both in their 40s) Good cop-bad cop strategy. One of them (say, P2) was smiling and friendly and the other (P1) barely made eye contact and was mostly turned away at 45° and scrolling on his phone.P2: Good morning. Please hand over your applicant form. Keep your certificates ready. And introduce yourself.P2: You have a good record. What other calls do you have?P1: Then in which situation will you join IIML? Will you choose it over IIMA?P1: Where do you work?P2: What is brain drain? What is the situation in India wrt brain drain right now?P1: What are the different arms of investment banking? How is it different from merchant banking?P1: What does engineering have to do with consulting?P2: Do you know about WTO? How does it differ from GATT?P2: Isn’t the imposition of import duty against the motto of WTO? Who pays this duty and who benefits?P2: What is a circular economy?P2: How can we measure the unequal distribution of wealth in the economy? Is there a measure for it?P1: What is the difference between Python and C#?P1: How would you implement the use of AI in your workplace?P2: What is a public good? How would you solve the problem of inequitable distribution of public goods? Is there any government policy to address this?P2: In a small country, domestic demand and support curves are as expected but the global supply curve is a horizontal line. Explain. Is this true for large countries too?I obviously could not answer everything. There were a couple more questions that I couldn’t answer and now don’t recall. Courses for IIM GDPI – Register now IIM-L Interview Experience 40 Date: 28th JanLocation: Bangalore WAT 15 mins were givenTopic: Media Freedom: should it be given or should it be censored Interview: 2 Panelist mid 40s Male Asked me about what all calls I haveThey knew my college and reviewed my resume and asked you are from good college why so low percentile Justified it. It was followed up by why so late in attempt justified that also as Covid had disrupted a lot of things Panelist 1: Tell me two business case studies wherein IT has revolutionised Business processes – Talked about e-commerce Online education and online pharmacy Had some discussions around how Blinkit can be a competitor of online pharmacy apps Panelist 2: Tell me about your work in Amazon Had a discussion about Inventory Management and forecasting Panelist 2- tell me meaning about your name Had some discussion about it which took a funny turn lightened up the mood Panelist 2- Who are the biggest competitors of Amazon – Walmart in Retail Netflix in Video streaming GCP and Azure in Cloud – Had some discussions about Flipkart and Walmart Panelist 2 – what’s the cap ex of Amazon ? Didn’t knew it but Deduced it be doing some analytical reasoningKnew the peak share price and based on that deduced the approximate valuation of the company But it was wrong But overall the interview was good and no grilling of any kind IIM-L Interview Experience 41 Profile- 10/9/8Cat – 99.42% 2 MaleM1 – Tell me about yourselfMe – Told the rehearsed answerM1- So you like cricket, then give us the technical reason due to which a ball swingsMe – gave the basic reasonings for the swinging of the ball but couldn’t give the techn answerM1 – What are your fav subjects?Me – ML, Oops, mathsM1- Only these many, didn’t you go to college for 4 years, tell me moreMe- DBMS alsoM1 – What is BCNFMe – Explained the entire process of normalisation(1NF, 2NF etc)M1 – What is partial dependency?Me – explained and even wrote an exampleM1- What is inheritance?Me – ExplainedM1- why do you need parent class if child class has all the features of the parent class?Me – explainedM1 – What is polymorphism?Me – explained with an exampleM1 – cross questioned me on the example M2 – So what do you read, do you know anything about what is going on?Me – Read mint and somewhere along the lines inserted my liking towards financeM2 – Tell me about financeMe – Started yelling him about financial statements, how to evaluate a companyM2 – Tumhe toh sabh aata hai, phir kya zaroorat hamaari?Me- Explained how I only knew the theory and how you guys will help with practical skills, also added their slogan somewhere in between.M2 – Started questioning me about cash flows and how a cash flow sheet looks and we had a discussion about it.M2 – Who is president of India?Me – answeredM2 – Vice president?Me – dont knowM2 – neighboring countries of India?Me – answered (but I missed China)M2 – you missed the biggest threat to IndiaM2 – any female president of our neighbouring states who is famous rt now?Me – dont knowM2 – Extempore now, what do you want to speak on?Me – CricketM1 – old generation of cricketers are saying that t20 is destroying test matches – extemporeMe – spoke for about 1-1.5 minM1 – Thank you Overall, the interviewers were quite chill. IIM-L Interview Experience 42 Date: 21 Feb 2023 12:30PMLocation: IIML Noida CampusProfile: GEM with 37 months workex in CRM WAT: Geopolitics- Are we on a verge of World War 3? Interview Exp:1. Tell us about Yourself2. What do your parents do?3. Campus Placement? What do u do in IBM?4. What is CRM?5. What do u do in your work?6. Inspite doing Civil Engg. Why pursuing career in IT?7. Why MBA?8. You can learn about MBA courses on youtube also, why IIM?9. How will your peers help you in learning and not pull you down?10. Why Punjab being so rich during independence has not been developed, infact it is continuously declining?11. Why there is no growth of IT and industrial sector in Punjab?12. Why brain drain from Punjab to Canada? And why only Canada not other countries?13. What is Khalistan movement that is emerging in Punjab?14. How a single report from Hindenberg can effect the economy as a whole?15. Has Adani done any scam? What are your views on it?16. What other calls do you have and your preference? Overall a chill pannel, Interview being conversational and derived based on my opinions on various topics. Lasted for around 10-12 minutes. SPJain Group Interview Experience ft. Prantik IIM-L Interview Experience 43 P1 :Q1 introduce yourselfInterrupted in betweenQ2 you are from IT background elaborate on budget relating to something announced by government in area of ITTold about sangram portalQ3: Major schemes announced by the government? Told 4-5Q4: currency of UK and USA (Told)Q5: Currency of Europe : forgot. Capital of srilanka: forgot although I knew answer but was kind of rapid fire so got nervousQ6 RBI Governor of India : toldQ7 Finance minister of India: toldP2:Q1 calculate chance of selecting 2 candidates out of 8 candidates-Mentioned ncr formula permutations and combinationsQ2 : what do you do in free timeTold hobbies and i tnterest dancing and reading about current happenings in IT feildQ3 name 5 dance forms in IndiaMentioned kathal bharatanatyam bihu BhangraQ4 which newspaper and magazines you readMentioned about ET and YouTube sourcesQ5 latest IT updateTold about integration of WhatsApp and chat GPTQ6 any major announcement by MicrosoftTold about internet explorer permanently kill from windows 10Q7 He asked diffrence between internet explorer and edgeTold Lastly thank you you may log off IIM-L Interview Experience 44 22nd Feb 2023PGP, PGP-ABMMorning slot, Panel 7, second last candidateBackground: Economic Honours(Whole interview was in hindi) As soon as I entered the room, they started asking back to back questions--Awadhi or Bhraji me difference batao-Name one woman in Mahabharat who had managerial skills-Who was Draupadi?-Draupadi ki wajah se Mahabharat hui thi, agree krti ho ki disagree-One woman leader in mythology(I had no idea about Mahabharat or Ramayan or mythology, they were randomly asking anything)-Came back to draupadi even though I mentioned I had no interest in mythology-Kaha se ho? (Kanpur)-Language used in Kanpur (I said Kanpuriya)-Chalo fir ek Kanpuriya joke sunado jaldi se (wasn’t able to think of any at that point of time)-Acha kanpur se ho toh ek kabir ka doha hi sunado (wasn’t able to recollect)-They came back to the joke part and said “ek Kanpuriya joke sunado fir pakka lelenge tumhe ”-Then they went on to my workex and asked why I left the job (explained)-Hobbies -reading writing jaisi koi hobby hai kya tumhari? (I said dancing)-Kaunsa dance pasand hai?-Kathak or freestyle dancing me difference batao-Bharatnatyam or Kathak me difference batao (mentioned their respective states but they asked for more reasons)-Mudras for Bharatnatyam (I said I don’t know)-“Chalo tumhari padhai pe aate hai thoda, economics se ho chalo economics ko hindi me kya kehte hai batao ”-Current India’s GDP-Agriculture share in GDP-Why have you filled in for ABM as well?-A question related to my personal experience I mentioned and asked if it was morally correct or ethically correct-How many people in the WAT were wearing red tie in your panel? (I randomly said 3)-They asked me to point towards the chair where they were sitting (I pointed out randomly)-Why are you not wearing a tie?-Ladkiyo ko tie pehnna mana hota hai kya?-Again asked the same question and said “mana nahi hota toh tumne kyu nahi pehni”-Okay you can go now A very weird and random interview. They were laughing throughout the interview. Not a great experience honestly. IIM-L Interview Experience 45 Profile: 95/93/8.25B.Arch16 months Workex Venue: ITC KAKATIYA, HYDERABAD WAT Topic: What would a global Cyber-War look like? We were given 15 mins to think and write. Two Panelists, both Male, both early 50sP1, P2, M P2: Please give us your personal data formP1: So, Jyoti, tell me a little bit about yourself.M: ToldP2: Why is x⁰=1? Prove it.M: Can I take a moment sir? (I was trying to relate my 12th maths, but nothing came to mind, I lost touch with maths long back)M: Sorry Sir, unable to think of anything.P1: How long you’ve been in Vizag? And why Vizag? You’re an Odiya, no?(Had mentioned that dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot)M: Father retired here sir, we had to move with him.P1: Jyoti, according to Hindu Mythology, when we enter any space, toilet shouldn’t be on the left (I think he meant according to Vaastu). Why do you think it’s at the entrance of the hotel room?(smiling a devil smile, since as architects we’ve worked so much on toilet details xD)M: Told him it was due to the pipelines that need to be placed to take out the sewage, if we kept the toilets out, we’ll see ugly pipes all over the building and no one likes that. Also, the balcony space reduces.(P2 silently nodding)P1: Jyoti, since you’ve been in the hall below and I’m sure you must’ve been around the hotel, how do you think the architecture of the building is?(Oh, he’s making it too easy xD)M: Told him how ITC had a portfolio of hotels that were all PLATINUM LEED rated, green buildings. All the hotels combined classic and contemporary architecture, various color schemes, thought of minute details (there was a shoe polisher in the washroom – I was impressed by such detailed thinking)P1: How so you think is the architecture of this room?M: The room has a whole big balcony and grand view of the city. Ample sunglight and cozy interior makes it even more better.(P1 was trying to gauge my undergrad knowledge, I was happy)P2: What factors would you consider while designing an office?M: Gave him an example of how if he was to approach me to design his office, how the process would go about.P1: What’s the area of Vizag in Sq. Kms?(Haha, gotcha – P2)(uh-oh)M: Can I take a guess sir? I don’t remember the exact figure!P1: Why? Recently the CM decided that it will be the capital of AP and every detail was mentioned in the report.M: Sorry sir, but I’ll definitely take a look at it later.P2: Why do you want to leave architecture and do an MBA?M: Sir, I don’t actually want to leave it, but want to continue with it in the long term vision, where I create my own startup on sustainable housing (explained in detail)(before I could say, and that’s why MBA, they asked another question)P1: Do you think architecture and Vaastu can function together?M: Told that Vaastu Shastra and Architecture should have a balance. Vastu is also based on Science. (Explained a little bit more)P2: How do you calculate the cost of a project?M: Told.P1: What is the Bill of Quantities you just mentioned and how do we calculate it?M: Told. Told him that unit price of a material and some samples are shown to the client and he chooses according to budget and then we calculate how much of that material is used.P1, P2 – Okay I think we’re done. That’s it. Thank you.M – Thank you sir. Should I send the other candidate in?P1 – No, we’ll call him. Thank you. IIM-L Interview Experience 46 Hyderabad 25 Feb afternoon slot9/9/8 CAT percentile: 98.812 Panelists (P1- Marketing, 35yr old, P2- HRM, 55yr old) P1: Introduce yourself and why IIM lucknow. ToldP1: IIM Lucknow vs IIM Calcutta and what you will choose. Chose lucknow & they were laughingP2: Asked about Kanpur. ToldP2: Asked about institutes in Kanpur and the textile industry in there. (couldn’t tell about textile) P2: UP Global investor summit. ToldP2: Ganga cruise ship model in India and govt steps. (told something) P2: Something about river tributaries. (Could tell) P1: Club related question during college. (Told) Duration: 15min IIM-L Interview Experience 47 Noida campus8/9/7 Bcom venky DUCat – 85.56 SC category P1- Introduce yourselfMe: Little background, Told about upsc with economics optional , hobbies , long term goal integrated why mba Meanwhile P2 playing all sort of tricks already , got up midway my intro , walked across and started eating kaju badam P1- You graduated in 2020 still fresher ?Me: Told fascination towards public policy that world of newspapers introduced me to , devoted my 2 years of hardwork P1- Whats up with your upsc journey?Did you write any mainsMe: No missed marginally in my 2 nd attempt P1- What were your subjects in economics ?Me: Micro , macro, international econ, development econ P1- Asked about sri lanka crisisAnswered P1- Someone commented that India would go on same path if it introduced such policies like sri lankan, tell me the name and the policy they were talking about ? Me: Did try to draw parallel about the populist measures that sri lanka introduced to please sinhalise population and how india could have gone that wrong path had they introduced deep tax cuts in budget to please voters for general elections 24 However told i couldn’t recollect the specific policy and name of the person P1- What is price ceiling?ToldP1- The products its applicable to ?Couldn’t answer however told essential commodities P1- What is drawback of price ceiling?Told distorts market mechanism of demand and supply P1- How would you rate yourself on this answer?Told 6.5- 7 P1- How else could you have answered it?Me: Same but couldn’t think of any commodity that it is currently applicable to P1 to P2 He desrves less than 6.5 P2- You are from MP..What river flows thru sarangpur ? 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